#5BBDB8#5BBDB8

#5BBDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.092 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDB8
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -29.91, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 30.56, 191.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0908 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.092 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1601, 42.0772, 51.8177)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDB8 #BD5B60

analogous

#5BBD87 #5BBDB8 #5B91BD

triadic

#5BBDB8 #B85BBD #BDB85B

tetradic

#5BBDB8 #875BBD #BD5B60 #91BD5B

square

#5BBDB8 #875BBD #BD5B60 #91BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDB8 #BD5B91 #BD875B

monochromatic

#2D706D #3F9C97 #5BBDB8 #87CFCB #B2E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#5BBDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDB8

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDB8	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.092 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1cd',
    500: '#5bbdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdb8;
$custom-light: #92d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.939,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73821,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDB8

secondary

#CFA5A7

accent

#555CD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDB8

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

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