#5BBDCF#5BBDCF

#5BBDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.095 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDCF
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -23.61, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 29.56, 216.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0812 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.095 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7699, 43.1211, 65.5629)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDCF #CF6D5B

analogous

#5BCFA7 #5BBDCF #5B83CF

triadic

#5BBDCF #CF5BBD #BDCF5B

tetradic

#5BBDCF #A75BCF #CF6D5B #83CF5B

square

#5BBDCF #A75BCF #CF6D5B #83CF5B

split-complementary

#5BBDCF #CF5B83 #CFA75B

monochromatic

#287988 #36A3B7 #5BBDCF #8AD0DD #BAE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#5BBDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDCF

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDCF	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.095 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1dd',
    500: '#5bbdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdcf;
$custom-light: #93d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.095,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDCF

secondary

#DAB3AC

accent

#614ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDCF

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

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