#5BC6B3#5BC6B3

#5BC6B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.103 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6B3
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 179)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(169, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 9.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -35.45, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 35.45, 179.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.103 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.103 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6416, 45.8639, 49.7715)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6B3 #C65B6E

analogous

#5BC67E #5BC6B3 #5BA4C6

triadic

#5BC6B3 #B35BC6 #C6B35B

tetradic

#5BC6B3 #7E5BC6 #C65B6E #A4C65B

square

#5BC6B3 #7E5BC6 #C65B6E #A4C65B

split-complementary

#5BC6B3 #C65BA4 #C67E5B

monochromatic

#2B7C6D #3BA995 #5BC6B3 #88D6C8 #B6E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#5BC6B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#5BC6B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6B3

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6B3	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#BFBCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.103 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d8c9',
    500: '#5bc6b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6b3;
$custom-light: #92d8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.346,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75824,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6B3

secondary

#D4A9B0

accent

#5068D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6B3

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

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