#5BC5BC#5BC5BC

#5BC5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.099 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5BC
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -32.69, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 33.04, 188.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.098 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.099 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3538, 45.7843, 54.6467)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5BC #C55B64

analogous

#5BC587 #5BC5BC #5B99C5

triadic

#5BC5BC #BC5BC5 #C5BC5B

tetradic

#5BC5BC #875BC5 #C55B64 #99C55B

square

#5BC5BC #875BC5 #C55B64 #99C55B

split-complementary

#5BC5BC #C55B99 #C5875B

monochromatic

#2B7A74 #3BA89E #5BC5BC #88D5CE #B5E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5BC5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#5BC5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5BC

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5BC	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.099 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7d0',
    500: '#5bc5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5bc;
$custom-light: #93d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.906,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75863,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5BC

secondary

#D4A8AC

accent

#505CD7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5BC

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

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