#5BBDBF#5BBDBF

#5BBDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.092 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDBF
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -28.05, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 29.71, 199.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0878 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.092 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9121, 42.3780, 55.7781)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDBF #BF5D5B

analogous

#5BBF8F #5BBDBF #5B8BBF

triadic

#5BBDBF #BF5BBD #BDBF5B

tetradic

#5BBDBF #8F5BBF #BF5D5B #8BBF5B

square

#5BBDBF #8F5BBF #BF5D5B #8BBF5B

split-complementary

#5BBDBF #BF5B8B #BF8F5B

monochromatic

#2D7173 #3E9D9F #5BBDBF #87CFD0 #B3E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#5BBDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDBF

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDBF	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.092 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1d2',
    500: '#5bbdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdbf;
$custom-light: #92d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74056,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDBF

secondary

#D0A7A6

accent

#5754D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDBF

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

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