#5BBCC8#5BBCC8

#5BBCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.092 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCC8
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -25.08, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 29.10, 210.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.083 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.092 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7187, 42.3576, 61.0840)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCC8 #C8675B

analogous

#5BC89E #5BBCC8 #5B85C8

triadic

#5BBCC8 #C85BBC #BCC85B

tetradic

#5BBCC8 #9E5BC8 #C8675B #85C85B

square

#5BBCC8 #9E5BC8 #C8675B #85C85B

split-complementary

#5BBCC8 #C85B85 #C89E5B

monochromatic

#2A757E #3A9FAC #5BBCC8 #89CFD7 #B7E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#5BBCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCC8

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCC8	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.092 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0d8',
    500: '#5bbcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcc8;
$custom-light: #93d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.606,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74138,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCC8

secondary

#D6AEA9

accent

#5E4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCC8

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

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