#5BC5BD#5BC5BD

#5BC5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.099 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5BD
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -32.44, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 32.86, 189.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0975 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.099 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4620, 45.8276, 55.2164)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5BD #C55B63

analogous

#5BC588 #5BC5BD #5B98C5

triadic

#5BC5BD #BD5BC5 #C5BD5B

tetradic

#5BC5BD #885BC5 #C55B63 #98C55B

square

#5BC5BD #885BC5 #C55B63 #98C55B

split-complementary

#5BC5BD #C55B98 #C5885B

monochromatic

#2B7A74 #3BA89F #5BC5BD #88D5CF #B5E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5BC5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#5BC5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5BD

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5BD	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.099 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7d0',
    500: '#5bc5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5bd;
$custom-light: #93d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.472,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75896,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5BD

secondary

#D4A8AB

accent

#505BD7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5BD

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

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