#5BBCBE#5BBCBE

#5BBCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.091 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCBE
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -27.83, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 29.48, 199.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0871 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.091 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5880, 41.9054, 55.1291)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCBE #BE5D5B

analogous

#5BBE8E #5BBCBE #5B8BBE

triadic

#5BBCBE #BE5BBC #BCBE5B

tetradic

#5BBCBE #8E5BBE #BE5D5B #8BBE5B

square

#5BBCBE #8E5BBE #BE5D5B #8BBE5B

split-complementary

#5BBCBE #BE5B8B #BE8E5B

monochromatic

#2D7072 #3E9B9D #5BBCBE #87CECF #B3E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#5BBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCBE

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCBE	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.091 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0d1',
    500: '#5bbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcbe;
$custom-light: #92d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.212,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73784,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCBE

secondary

#CFA6A6

accent

#5755D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCBE

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

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