#5BBCC3#5BBCC3

#5BBCC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.092 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCC3
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 195)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -26.47, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 29.16, 204.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.085 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.092 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1439, 42.1277, 58.0567)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCC3 #C3625B

analogous

#5BC396 #5BBCC3 #5B88C3

triadic

#5BBCC3 #C35BBC #BCC35B

tetradic

#5BBCC3 #965BC3 #C3625B #88C35B

square

#5BBCC3 #965BC3 #C3625B #88C35B

split-complementary

#5BBCC3 #C35B88 #C3965B

monochromatic

#2C7378 #3C9EA5 #5BBCC3 #88CED3 #B5E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBCC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#5BBCC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCC3

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCC3	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.092 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0d5',
    500: '#5bbcc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcc3;
$custom-light: #92d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.038,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73958,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCC3

secondary

#D2AAA7

accent

#5B52D6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCC3

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

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