#5BBCC1#5BBCC1

#5BBCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCC1
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 193)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -27.01, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 29.26, 202.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0859 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.091 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9193, 42.0379, 56.8737)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCC1 #C1605B

analogous

#5BC193 #5BBCC1 #5B89C1

triadic

#5BBCC1 #C15BBC #BCC15B

tetradic

#5BBCC1 #935BC1 #C1605B #89C15B

square

#5BBCC1 #935BC1 #C1605B #89C15B

split-complementary

#5BBCC1 #C15B89 #C1935B

monochromatic

#2C7275 #3D9DA2 #5BBCC1 #87CED2 #B4E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#5BBCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCC1

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCC1	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0d3',
    500: '#5bbcc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcc1;
$custom-light: #92d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.941,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73888,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCC1

secondary

#D1A9A7

accent

#5953D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCC1

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

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