#5BBFBE#5BBFBE

#5BBFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.093 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBFBE
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -29.29, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 30.48, 196.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0905 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.093 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2356, 43.2004, 55.3450)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBFBE #BF5B5C

analogous

#5BBF8C #5BBFBE #5B8EBF

triadic

#5BBFBE #BE5BBF #BFBE5B

tetradic

#5BBFBE #8C5BBF #BF5B5C #8EBF5B

square

#5BBFBE #8C5BBF #BF5B5C #8EBF5B

split-complementary

#5BBFBE #BF5B8E #BF8C5B

monochromatic

#2D7372 #3E9F9E #5BBFBE #87D0CF #B3E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#5BBFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBFBE

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBFBE	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.093 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2d1',
    500: '#5bbfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbfbe;
$custom-light: #92d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74498,
    "c": 0.09343,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBFBE

secondary

#D0A6A6

accent

#5455D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBFBE

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

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