#5BBCC9#5BBCC9

#5BBCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.093 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCC9
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -24.80, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 29.11, 211.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0826 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.093 207)
XYZ	xyz(32.8360, 42.4045, 61.7015)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCC9 #C9685B

analogous

#5BC99F #5BBCC9 #5B85C9

triadic

#5BBCC9 #C95BBC #BCC95B

tetradic

#5BBCC9 #9F5BC9 #C9685B #85C95B

square

#5BBCC9 #9F5BC9 #C9685B #85C95B

split-complementary

#5BBCC9 #C95B85 #C99F5B

monochromatic

#2A7580 #39A0AE #5BBCC9 #89CFD8 #B7E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BBCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#5BBCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCC9

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCC9	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.093 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0d9',
    500: '#5bbcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcc9;
$custom-light: #93d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74174,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.42408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCC9

secondary

#D6AFAA

accent

#5E4EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCC9

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

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