#5BBDCB#5BBDCB

#5BBDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.094 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDCB
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -24.74, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 29.36, 212.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0828 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.094 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2871, 42.9280, 63.0201)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDCB #CB695B

analogous

#5BCBA1 #5BBDCB #5B85CB

triadic

#5BBDCB #CB5BBD #BDCB5B

tetradic

#5BBDCB #A15BCB #CB695B #85CB5B

square

#5BBDCB #A15BCB #CB695B #85CB5B

split-complementary

#5BBDCB #CB5B85 #CBA15B

monochromatic

#297782 #38A2B1 #5BBDCB #89D0DA #B8E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#5BBDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDCB

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDCB	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.094 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1da',
    500: '#5bbdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdcb;
$custom-light: #93d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.09366,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDCB

secondary

#D7B0AA

accent

#5E4CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDCB

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

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