#5BBCBA#5BBCBA

#5BBCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.091 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCBA
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -28.90, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 29.91, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0888 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.091 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1568, 41.7329, 52.8582)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCBA #BC5B5D

analogous

#5BBC8A #5BBCBA #5B8EBC

triadic

#5BBCBA #BA5BBC #BCBA5B

tetradic

#5BBCBA #8A5BBC #BC5B5D #8EBC5B

square

#5BBCBA #8A5BBC #BC5B5D #8EBC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCBA #BC5B8E #BC8A5B

monochromatic

#2D6F6E #3F9B99 #5BBCBA #86CECC #B2E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BBCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#5BBCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCBA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCBA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.091 193.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.763,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73648,
    "c": 0.09139,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCBA

secondary

#CEA5A6

accent

#5659D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCBA

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

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