#5BBDB3#5BBDB3

#5BBDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.094 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDB3
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -31.20, -3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 31.43, 186.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.093 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.094 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6452, 41.8712, 49.1061)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDB3 #BD5B65

analogous

#5BBD82 #5BBDB3 #5B96BD

triadic

#5BBDB3 #B35BBD #BDB35B

tetradic

#5BBDB3 #825BBD #BD5B65 #96BD5B

square

#5BBDB3 #825BBD #BD5B65 #96BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDB3 #BD5B96 #BD825B

monochromatic

#2D706A #3F9C93 #5BBDB3 #87CFC7 #B2E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#5BBDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDB3

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDB3	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)

#B4B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.094 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1c9',
    500: '#5bbdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdb3;
$custom-light: #91d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.878,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73659,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDB3

secondary

#CFA5A9

accent

#5562D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDB3

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

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