#5BBCB5#5BBCB5

#5BBCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCB5
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -30.21, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 30.65, 189.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.091 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.092 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6346, 41.5240, 50.1076)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCB5 #BC5B62

analogous

#5BBC85 #5BBCB5 #5B93BC

triadic

#5BBCB5 #B55BBC #BCB55B

tetradic

#5BBCB5 #855BBC #BC5B62 #93BC5B

square

#5BBCB5 #855BBC #BC5B62 #93BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCB5 #BC5B93 #BC855B

monochromatic

#2D6F6A #3F9B94 #5BBCB5 #86CEC9 #B2E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BBCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5BBCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCB5

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCB5	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AC0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0cb',
    500: '#5bbcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcb5;
$custom-light: #91d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.67,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCB5

secondary

#CEA5A8

accent

#565FD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCB5

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

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