#5BBDB6#5BBDB6

#5BBDB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.093 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDB6
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -30.43, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 30.88, 189.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0917 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.093 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9519, 41.9939, 50.7214)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDB6 #BD5B62

analogous

#5BBD85 #5BBDB6 #5B93BD

triadic

#5BBDB6 #B65BBD #BDB65B

tetradic

#5BBDB6 #855BBD #BD5B62 #93BD5B

square

#5BBDB6 #855BBD #BD5B62 #93BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDB6 #BD5B93 #BD855B

monochromatic

#2D706C #3F9C95 #5BBDB6 #87CFC9 #B2E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#5BBDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDB6

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDB6	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.093 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1cb',
    500: '#5bbdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdb6;
$custom-light: #91d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73756,
    "c": 0.09287,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDB6

secondary

#CFA5A8

accent

#555ED2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDB6

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

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