#5BBDC1#5BBDC1

#5BBDC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.092 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDC1
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -27.51, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 29.55, 201.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.087 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.092 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1337, 42.4666, 56.9452)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDC1 #C15F5B

analogous

#5BC192 #5BBDC1 #5B8AC1

triadic

#5BBDC1 #C15BBD #BDC15B

tetradic

#5BBDC1 #925BC1 #C15F5B #8AC15B

square

#5BBDC1 #925BC1 #C15F5B #8AC15B

split-complementary

#5BBDC1 #C15B8A #C1925B

monochromatic

#2C7275 #3D9EA2 #5BBDC1 #87CFD2 #B4E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BBDC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#5BBDC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDC1

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDC1	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.092 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1d3',
    500: '#5bbdc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdc1;
$custom-light: #92d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74125,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDC1

secondary

#D1A8A7

accent

#5853D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDC1

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

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