#5BBCB4#5BBCB4

#5BBCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCB4
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -30.47, -4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 30.83, 188.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0914 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.092 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5324, 41.4831, 49.5692)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCB4 #BC5B63

analogous

#5BBC84 #5BBCB4 #5B93BC

triadic

#5BBCB4 #B45BBC #BCB45B

tetradic

#5BBCB4 #845BBC #BC5B63 #93BC5B

square

#5BBCB4 #845BBC #BC5B63 #93BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCB4 #BC5B93 #BC845B

monochromatic

#2D6F6A #3F9B93 #5BBCB4 #86CEC8 #B2E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BBCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#5BBCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCB4

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCB4	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0ca',
    500: '#5bbcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcb4;
$custom-light: #91d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.052,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73451,
    "c": 0.09239,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCB4

secondary

#CEA5A8

accent

#5660D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCB4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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