#5BBDC9#5BBDC9

#5BBDC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.093 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDC9
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -25.30, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 29.32, 210.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0837 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.093 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0503, 42.8333, 61.7729)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDC9 #C9675B

analogous

#5BC99E #5BBDC9 #5B86C9

triadic

#5BBDC9 #C95BBD #BDC95B

tetradic

#5BBDC9 #9E5BC9 #C9675B #86C95B

square

#5BBDC9 #9E5BC9 #C9675B #86C95B

split-complementary

#5BBDC9 #C95B86 #C99E5B

monochromatic

#2A7680 #39A1AE #5BBDC9 #89D0D8 #B7E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#5BBDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDC9

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDC9	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.093 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1d9',
    500: '#5bbdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdc9;
$custom-light: #93d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.545,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74409,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDC9

secondary

#D6AEAA

accent

#5D4EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDC9

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

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