#5BBCC0#5BBCC0

#5BBCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCC0
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -27.29, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 29.32, 201.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0863 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.091 199)
XYZ	xyz(31.8081, 41.9934, 56.2882)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCC0 #C05F5B

analogous

#5BC091 #5BBCC0 #5B89C0

triadic

#5BBCC0 #C05BBC #BCC05B

tetradic

#5BBCC0 #915BC0 #C05F5B #89C05B

square

#5BBCC0 #915BC0 #C05F5B #89C05B

split-complementary

#5BBCC0 #C05B89 #C0915B

monochromatic

#2D7174 #3E9CA0 #5BBCC0 #87CED1 #B3E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#5BBCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCC0

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCC0	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0d3',
    500: '#5bbcc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcc0;
$custom-light: #92d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.376,
    "s": 44.493,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73853,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.41996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCC0

secondary

#D0A8A6

accent

#5954D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCC0

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

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