#5BC3BE#5BC3BE

#5BC3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.097 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3BE
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -31.22, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 31.92, 192.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0949 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.097 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1198, 44.9689, 55.6397)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3BE #C35B60

analogous

#5BC38A #5BC3BE #5B94C3

triadic

#5BC3BE #BE5BC3 #C3BE5B

tetradic

#5BC3BE #8A5BC3 #C35B60 #94C35B

square

#5BC3BE #8A5BC3 #C35B60 #94C35B

split-complementary

#5BC3BE #C35B94 #C38A5B

monochromatic

#2C7874 #3CA5A0 #5BC3BE #88D3D0 #B5E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#5BC3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#5BC3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3BE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3BE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.097 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5d1',
    500: '#5bc3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3be;
$custom-light: #93d5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.115,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75451,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3BE

secondary

#D2A7A9

accent

#5258D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3BE

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

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