#5BBDBC#5BBDBC

#5BBDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.092 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDBC
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -28.85, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 30.02, 196.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0891 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.092 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5853, 42.2473, 54.0572)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDBC #BD5B5C

analogous

#5BBD8B #5BBDBC #5B8DBD

triadic

#5BBDBC #BC5BBD #BDBC5B

tetradic

#5BBDBC #8B5BBD #BD5B5C #8DBD5B

square

#5BBDBC #8B5BBD #BD5B5C #8DBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDBC #BD5B8D #BD8B5B

monochromatic

#2D7070 #3F9C9B #5BBDBC #87CFCE #B2E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#5BBDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDBC

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDBC	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.092 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1d0',
    500: '#5bbdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdbc;
$custom-light: #92d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.388,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDBC

secondary

#CFA5A6

accent

#5557D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDBC

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

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