#5BBDBE#5BBDBE

#5BBDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.092 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDBE
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -28.32, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 29.80, 198.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0882 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.092 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8024, 42.3341, 55.2006)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDBE #BE5C5B

analogous

#5BBE8D #5BBDBE #5B8CBE

triadic

#5BBDBE #BE5BBD #BDBE5B

tetradic

#5BBDBE #8D5BBE #BE5C5B #8CBE5B

square

#5BBDBE #8D5BBE #BE5C5B #8CBE5B

split-complementary

#5BBDBE #BE5B8C #BE8D5B

monochromatic

#2D7172 #3E9C9D #5BBDBE #87CFCF #B3E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#5BBDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDBE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDBE	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.092 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1d1',
    500: '#5bbdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdbe;
$custom-light: #92d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.606,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74022,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDBE

secondary

#CFA6A6

accent

#5655D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDBE

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

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