#5BC3BC#5BC3BC

#5BC3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.097 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3BC
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -31.74, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 32.25, 190.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0958 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.097 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9027, 44.8821, 54.4964)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3BC #C35B62

analogous

#5BC388 #5BC3BC #5B96C3

triadic

#5BC3BC #BC5BC3 #C3BC5B

tetradic

#5BC3BC #885BC3 #C35B62 #96C35B

square

#5BC3BC #885BC3 #C35B62 #96C35B

split-complementary

#5BC3BC #C35B96 #C3885B

monochromatic

#2C7873 #3CA59E #5BC3BC #88D3CE #B5E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#5BC3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#5BC3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3BC

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3BC	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.097 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d5d0',
    500: '#5bc3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3bc;
$custom-light: #92d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.962,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75386,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3BC

secondary

#D2A7AA

accent

#525BD6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3BC

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

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