#5BBDC4#5BBDC4

#5BBDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.092 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDC4
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -26.69, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 29.39, 204.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0857 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.092 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4717, 42.6018, 58.7256)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDC4 #C4625B

analogous

#5BC497 #5BBDC4 #5B89C4

triadic

#5BBDC4 #C45BBD #BDC45B

tetradic

#5BBDC4 #975BC4 #C4625B #89C45B

square

#5BBDC4 #975BC4 #C4625B #89C45B

split-complementary

#5BBDC4 #C45B89 #C4975B

monochromatic

#2C7479 #3C9FA6 #5BBDC4 #88CFD4 #B5E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BBDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#5BBDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDC4

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDC4	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.092 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1d5',
    500: '#5bbdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdc4;
$custom-light: #92d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7423,
    "c": 0.09223,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDC4

secondary

#D3ABA8

accent

#5A51D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDC4

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

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