#5BBDC6#5BBDC6

#5BBDC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.093 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDC6
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 4.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -26.14, -13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 29.33, 206.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0849 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.093 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7009, 42.6935, 59.9325)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDC6 #C6645B

analogous

#5BC69A #5BBDC6 #5B88C6

triadic

#5BBDC6 #C65BBD #BDC65B

tetradic

#5BBDC6 #9A5BC6 #C6645B #88C65B

square

#5BBDC6 #9A5BC6 #C6645B #88C65B

split-complementary

#5BBDC6 #C65B88 #C69A5B

monochromatic

#2B757C #3BA0A9 #5BBDC6 #88CFD6 #B6E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5BBDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#5BBDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDC6

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDC6	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.093 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1d7',
    500: '#5bbdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdc6;
$custom-light: #93d1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.047,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74301,
    "c": 0.09252,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDC6

secondary

#D4ACA9

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDC6

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

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