#5BBDB4#5BBDB4

#5BBDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDB4
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -30.95, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 31.24, 187.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0926 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.093 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7467, 41.9118, 49.6406)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDB4 #BD5B64

analogous

#5BBD83 #5BBDB4 #5B95BD

triadic

#5BBDB4 #B45BBD #BDB45B

tetradic

#5BBDB4 #835BBD #BD5B64 #95BD5B

square

#5BBDB4 #835BBD #BD5B64 #95BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDB4 #BD5B95 #BD835B

monochromatic

#2D706A #3F9C93 #5BBDB4 #87CFC8 #B2E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#5BBDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDB4

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDB4	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1ca',
    500: '#5bbdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdb4;
$custom-light: #91d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.49,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDB4

secondary

#CFA5A9

accent

#5561D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDB4

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

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