#5BBCCC#5BBCCC

#5BBCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.094 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCCC
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -23.96, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 29.23, 214.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0813 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.094 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1923, 42.5471, 63.5782)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCCC #CC6B5B

analogous

#5BCCA4 #5BBCCC #5B83CC

triadic

#5BBCCC #CC5BBC #BCCC5B

tetradic

#5BBCCC #A45BCC #CC6B5B #83CC5B

square

#5BBCCC #A45BCC #CC6B5B #83CC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCCC #CC5B83 #CCA45B

monochromatic

#297784 #37A1B2 #5BBCCC #8ACFDB #B8E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BBCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#5BBCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCCC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCCC	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.094 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0db',
    500: '#5bbccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbccc;
$custom-light: #93d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.496,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCCC

secondary

#D8B1AB

accent

#604CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCCC

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

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