#5BBDC2#5BBDC2

#5BBDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.092 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDC2
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -27.23, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 29.49, 202.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0866 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.092 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2456, 42.5114, 57.5347)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDC2 #C2605B

analogous

#5BC293 #5BBDC2 #5B89C2

triadic

#5BBDC2 #C25BBD #BDC25B

tetradic

#5BBDC2 #935BC2 #C2605B #89C25B

square

#5BBDC2 #935BC2 #C2605B #89C25B

split-complementary

#5BBDC2 #C25B89 #C2935B

monochromatic

#2C7377 #3D9EA3 #5BBDC2 #88CFD3 #B4E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BBDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#5BBDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDC2

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDC2	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.092 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1d4',
    500: '#5bbdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdc2;
$custom-light: #92d1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.913,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDC2

secondary

#D2A9A7

accent

#5952D5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDC2

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

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