#5BBEB2#5BBEB2

#5BBEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.095 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBEB2
RGB	rgb(91, 190, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -31.94, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 32.06, 185.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0946 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.095 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7603, 42.2626, 48.6473)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBEB2 #BE5B67

analogous

#5BBE80 #5BBEB2 #5B99BE

triadic

#5BBEB2 #B25BBE #BEB25B

tetradic

#5BBEB2 #805BBE #BE5B67 #99BE5B

square

#5BBEB2 #805BBE #BE5B67 #99BE5B

split-complementary

#5BBEB2 #BE5B99 #BE805B

monochromatic

#2D7269 #3E9D92 #5BBEB2 #87CFC7 #B3E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#5BBEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBEB2

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBEB2	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 190, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.095 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2c9',
    500: '#5bbeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbeb2;
$custom-light: #91d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBEB2

secondary

#CFA6AB

accent

#5564D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBEB2

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

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