#5BBDCC#5BBDCC

#5BBDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.094 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDCC
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -24.46, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 29.39, 213.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0824 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.094 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4067, 42.9758, 63.6497)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDCC #CC6A5B

analogous

#5BCCA3 #5BBDCC #5B84CC

triadic

#5BBDCC #CC5BBD #BDCC5B

tetradic

#5BBDCC #A35BCC #CC6A5B #84CC5B

square

#5BBDCC #A35BCC #CC6A5B #84CC5B

split-complementary

#5BBDCC #CC5B84 #CCA35B

monochromatic

#297884 #37A2B2 #5BBDCC #8AD0DB #B8E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#5BBDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDCC

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDCC	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.094 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1db',
    500: '#5bbdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdcc;
$custom-light: #93d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.965,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDCC

secondary

#D8B1AB

accent

#5F4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDCC

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

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