#5BBDB9#5BBDB9

#5BBDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDB9
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -29.64, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 30.41, 192.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0904 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.092 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2653, 42.1192, 52.3717)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDB9 #BD5B5F

analogous

#5BBD88 #5BBDB9 #5B90BD

triadic

#5BBDB9 #B95BBD #BDB95B

tetradic

#5BBDB9 #885BBD #BD5B5F #90BD5B

square

#5BBDB9 #885BBD #BD5B5F #90BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDB9 #BD5B90 #BD885B

monochromatic

#2D706E #3F9C98 #5BBDB9 #87CFCC #B2E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#5BBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDB9

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDB9	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)

#B3B5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ce',
    500: '#5bbdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdb9;
$custom-light: #92d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.551,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDB9

secondary

#CFA5A7

accent

#555BD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDB9

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

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