#5BBDC5#5BBDC5

#5BBDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.092 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDC5
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -26.41, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 29.36, 205.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0853 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.092 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5859, 42.6475, 59.3270)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDC5 #C5635B

analogous

#5BC598 #5BBDC5 #5B88C5

triadic

#5BBDC5 #C55BBD #BDC55B

tetradic

#5BBDC5 #985BC5 #C5635B #88C55B

square

#5BBDC5 #985BC5 #C5635B #88C55B

split-complementary

#5BBDC5 #C55B88 #C5985B

monochromatic

#2B747A #3B9FA8 #5BBDC5 #88CFD5 #B5E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5BBDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#5BBDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDC5

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDC5	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.092 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1d6',
    500: '#5bbdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdc5;
$custom-light: #92d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.528,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDC5

secondary

#D4ABA8

accent

#5B50D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDC5

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

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