#5BBDBD#5BBDBD

#5BBDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.092 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDBD
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -28.58, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 29.91, 197.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0887 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.092 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6935, 42.2905, 54.6269)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDBD #BD5B5B

analogous

#5BBD8C #5BBDBD #5B8CBD

triadic

#5BBDBD #BD5BBD #BDBD5B

tetradic

#5BBDBD #8C5BBD #BD5B5B #8CBD5B

square

#5BBDBD #8C5BBD #BD5B5B #8CBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDBD #BD5B8C #BD8C5B

monochromatic

#2D7070 #3F9C9C #5BBDBD #87CFCF #B2E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#5BBDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDBD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDBD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.092 195.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDBD

secondary

#CFA5A5

accent

#5555D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDBD

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

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