#5BBCBB#5BBCBB

#5BBCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.091 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCBB
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -28.63, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 29.79, 196.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0884 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.091 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2635, 41.7756, 53.4200)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCBB #BC5B5C

analogous

#5BBC8A #5BBCBB #5B8DBC

triadic

#5BBCBB #BB5BBC #BCBB5B

tetradic

#5BBCBB #8A5BBC #BC5B5C #8DBC5B

square

#5BBCBB #8A5BBC #BC5B5C #8DBC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCBB #BC5B8D #BC8A5B

monochromatic

#2D6F6F #3F9B9A #5BBCBB #86CECD #B2E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#5BBCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCBB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCBB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DC1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.091 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0cf',
    500: '#5bbcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcbb;
$custom-light: #92d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.381,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73682,
    "c": 0.09131,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCBB

secondary

#CEA5A5

accent

#5657D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCBB

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

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