#5BBCC5#5BBCC5

#5BBCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.092 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCC5
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -25.92, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 29.11, 207.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0842 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.092 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3715, 42.2188, 59.2556)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCC5 #C5645B

analogous

#5BC599 #5BBCC5 #5B87C5

triadic

#5BBCC5 #C55BBC #BCC55B

tetradic

#5BBCC5 #995BC5 #C5645B #87C55B

square

#5BBCC5 #995BC5 #C5645B #87C55B

split-complementary

#5BBCC5 #C55B87 #C5995B

monochromatic

#2B747A #3B9EA8 #5BBCC5 #88CED5 #B5E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#5BBCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCC5

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCC5	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.092 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0d6',
    500: '#5bbcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcc5;
$custom-light: #92d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.094,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74029,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCC5

secondary

#D4ACA8

accent

#5C50D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCC5

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

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