#5BC9B2#5BC9B2

#5BC9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.107 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9B2
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 178)
HSL	hsl(167, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 11.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -37.08, 1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 37.13, 176.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.1068 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.107 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2333, 47.2086, 49.4717)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9B2 #C95B72

analogous

#5BC97B #5BC9B2 #5BA9C9

triadic

#5BC9B2 #B25BC9 #C9B25B

tetradic

#5BC9B2 #7B5BC9 #C95B72 #A9C95B

square

#5BC9B2 #7B5BC9 #C95B72 #A9C95B

split-complementary

#5BC9B2 #C95BA9 #C97B5B

monochromatic

#2A806E #39AE95 #5BC9B2 #89D8C8 #B7E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#5BC9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9B2

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9B2	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.107 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dac9',
    500: '#5bc9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9b2;
$custom-light: #92dac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.455,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76518,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9B2

secondary

#D6AAB3

accent

#4E6BDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9B2

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

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