#5BBCBC#5BBCBC

#5BBCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.091 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCBC
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -28.36, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 29.68, 197.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.088 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.091 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3709, 41.8185, 53.9858)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCBC #BC5B5B

analogous

#5BBC8C #5BBCBC #5B8CBC

triadic

#5BBCBC #BC5BBC #BCBC5B

tetradic

#5BBCBC #8C5BBC #BC5B5B #8CBC5B

square

#5BBCBC #8C5BBC #BC5B5B #8CBC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCBC #BC5B8C #BC8C5B

monochromatic

#2D6F6F #3F9B9B #5BBCBC #86CECE #B2E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#5BBCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCBC

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCBC	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)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.091 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0d0',
    500: '#5bbcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcbc;
$custom-light: #92d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73716,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCBC

secondary

#CEA5A5

accent

#5656D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCBC

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

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