#5BBCB9#5BBCB9

#5BBCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.091 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCB9
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -29.16, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 30.04, 193.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0893 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.092 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0509, 41.6905, 52.3003)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCB9 #BC5B5E

analogous

#5BBC88 #5BBCB9 #5B8FBC

triadic

#5BBCB9 #B95BBC #BCB95B

tetradic

#5BBCB9 #885BBC #BC5B5E #8FBC5B

square

#5BBCB9 #885BBC #BC5B5E #8FBC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCB9 #BC5B8F #BC885B

monochromatic

#2D6F6D #3F9B98 #5BBCB9 #86CECC #B2E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BBCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#5BBCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCB9

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCB9	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.091 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0ce',
    500: '#5bbcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcb9;
$custom-light: #92d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.144,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73615,
    "c": 0.0915,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCB9

secondary

#CEA5A6

accent

#565AD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCB9

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

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