#5BBCBF#5BBCBF

#5BBCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.091 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCBF
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -27.56, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 29.40, 200.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0867 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.091 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6977, 41.9492, 55.7067)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCBF #BF5E5B

analogous

#5BBF90 #5BBCBF #5B8ABF

triadic

#5BBCBF #BF5BBC #BCBF5B

tetradic

#5BBCBF #905BBF #BF5E5B #8ABF5B

square

#5BBCBF #905BBF #BF5E5B #8ABF5B

split-complementary

#5BBCBF #BF5B8A #BF905B

monochromatic

#2D7173 #3E9C9F #5BBCBF #87CED0 #B3E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#5BBCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCBF

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCBF	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.091 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0d2',
    500: '#5bbcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcbf;
$custom-light: #92d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCBF

secondary

#D0A7A6

accent

#5854D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCBF

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

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