#5BBCB7#5BBCB7

#5BBCB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCB7
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 183)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -29.69, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 30.33, 191.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0901 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.092 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8413, 41.6067, 51.1962)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCB7 #BC5B60

analogous

#5BBC87 #5BBCB7 #5B91BC

triadic

#5BBCB7 #B75BBC #BCB75B

tetradic

#5BBCB7 #875BBC #BC5B60 #91BC5B

square

#5BBCB7 #875BBC #BC5B60 #91BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCB7 #BC5B91 #BC875B

monochromatic

#2D6F6C #3F9B96 #5BBCB7 #86CECA #B2E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BBCB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#5BBCB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCB7

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCB7	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0cc',
    500: '#5bbcb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcb7;
$custom-light: #91d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.907,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73549,
    "c": 0.09178,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCB7

secondary

#CEA5A7

accent

#565CD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCB7

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

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