#5BBDB5#5BBDB5

#5BBDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDB5
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -30.69, -4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 31.06, 188.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0921 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.093 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8490, 41.9527, 50.1791)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDB5 #BD5B63

analogous

#5BBD84 #5BBDB5 #5B94BD

triadic

#5BBDB5 #B55BBD #BDB55B

tetradic

#5BBDB5 #845BBD #BD5B63 #94BD5B

square

#5BBDB5 #845BBD #BD5B63 #94BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDB5 #BD5B94 #BD845B

monochromatic

#2D706B #3F9C94 #5BBDB5 #87CFC9 #B2E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#5BBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDB5

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDB5	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1cb',
    500: '#5bbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdb5;
$custom-light: #91d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.102,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73723,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDB5

secondary

#CFA5A9

accent

#5560D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDB5

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

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