#5BBCB8#5BBCB8

#5BBCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.092 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCB8
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -29.42, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 30.18, 192.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0897 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.092 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9457, 41.6484, 51.7463)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCB8 #BC5B5F

analogous

#5BBC88 #5BBCB8 #5B8FBC

triadic

#5BBCB8 #B85BBC #BCB85B

tetradic

#5BBCB8 #885BBC #BC5B5F #8FBC5B

square

#5BBCB8 #885BBC #BC5B5F #8FBC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCB8 #BC5B8F #BC885B

monochromatic

#2D6F6C #3F9B97 #5BBCB8 #86CECB #B2E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BBCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#5BBCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCB8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCB8	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.092 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0cd',
    500: '#5bbcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcb8;
$custom-light: #92d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.526,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73582,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCB8

secondary

#CEA5A7

accent

#565BD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCB8

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

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