#5BBDB2#5BBDB2

#5BBDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDB2
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -31.46, -3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 31.63, 185.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0934 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.094 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5445, 41.8309, 48.5754)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDB2 #BD5B66

analogous

#5BBD81 #5BBDB2 #5B97BD

triadic

#5BBDB2 #B25BBD #BDB25B

tetradic

#5BBDB2 #815BBD #BD5B66 #97BD5B

square

#5BBDB2 #815BBD #BD5B66 #97BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDB2 #BD5B97 #BD815B

monochromatic

#2D7069 #3F9C92 #5BBDB2 #87CFC6 #B2E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#5BBDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDB2

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDB2	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1c9',
    500: '#5bbdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdb2;
$custom-light: #91d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.265,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73627,
    "c": 0.09391,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDB2

secondary

#CFA5AA

accent

#5563D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDB2

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

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