#5BBDB1#5BBDB1

#5BBDB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDB1
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 177)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -31.72, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 31.83, 184.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0939 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.094 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4444, 41.7909, 48.0485)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDB1 #BD5B67

analogous

#5BBD80 #5BBDB1 #5B98BD

triadic

#5BBDB1 #B15BBD #BDB15B

tetradic

#5BBDB1 #805BBD #BD5B67 #98BD5B

square

#5BBDB1 #805BBD #BD5B67 #98BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDB1 #BD5B98 #BD805B

monochromatic

#2D7068 #3F9C91 #5BBDB1 #87CFC6 #B2E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBDB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#5BBDB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDB1

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDB1	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1c8',
    500: '#5bbdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdb1;
$custom-light: #91d1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.653,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73596,
    "c": 0.09422,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDB1

secondary

#CFA5AA

accent

#5565D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDB1

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

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