#5BC5B2#5BC5B2

#5BC5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.102 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5B2
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -35.23, 0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 35.23, 179.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.1024 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.102 180)
XYZ	xyz(32.3130, 45.3680, 49.1649)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5B2 #C55B6E

analogous

#5BC57D #5BC5B2 #5BA3C5

triadic

#5BC5B2 #B25BC5 #C5B25B

tetradic

#5BC5B2 #7D5BC5 #C55B6E #A3C55B

square

#5BC5B2 #7D5BC5 #C55B6E #A3C55B

split-complementary

#5BC5B2 #C55BA3 #C57D5B

monochromatic

#2B7A6C #3BA894 #5BC5B2 #88D5C7 #B5E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#5BC5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#5BC5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5B2

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5B2	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.102 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d7c9',
    500: '#5bc5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5b2;
$custom-light: #92d7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75553,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.45371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5B2

secondary

#D4A8B0

accent

#5069D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5B2

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

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