#5BBCBD#5BBCBD

#5BBCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.091 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCBD
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -28.09, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 29.57, 198.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0876 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.091 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4791, 41.8618, 54.5555)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCBD #BD5C5B

analogous

#5BBD8D #5BBCBD #5B8BBD

triadic

#5BBCBD #BD5BBC #BCBD5B

tetradic

#5BBCBD #8D5BBD #BD5C5B #8BBD5B

square

#5BBCBD #8D5BBD #BD5C5B #8BBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBCBD #BD5B8B #BD8D5B

monochromatic

#2D7070 #3F9B9C #5BBCBD #87CECF #B2E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#5BBCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCBD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCBD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.091 196.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.612,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7375,
    "c": 0.09121,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCBD

secondary

#CFA6A5

accent

#5755D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCBD

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

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