#5BBDBB#5BBDBB

#5BBDBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDBB
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -29.12, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 30.14, 194.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0895 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.092 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4779, 42.2043, 53.4915)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDBB #BD5B5D

analogous

#5BBD8A #5BBDBB #5B8EBD

triadic

#5BBDBB #BB5BBD #BDBB5B

tetradic

#5BBDBB #8A5BBD #BD5B5D #8EBD5B

square

#5BBDBB #8A5BBD #BD5B5D #8EBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDBB #BD5B8E #BD8A5B

monochromatic

#2D706F #3F9C9A #5BBDBB #87CFCD #B2E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#5BBDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDBB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDBB	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BC2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1cf',
    500: '#5bbdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdbb;
$custom-light: #92d1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7392,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDBB

secondary

#CFA5A6

accent

#5558D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDBB

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

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