#5BC9BB#5BC9BB

#5BC9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9BB
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -34.83, -2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 34.92, 184.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.1028 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.103 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1668, 47.5820, 54.3878)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9BB #C95B69

analogous

#5BC984 #5BC9BB #5BA0C9

triadic

#5BC9BB #BB5BC9 #C9BB5B

tetradic

#5BC9BB #845BC9 #C95B69 #A0C95B

square

#5BC9BB #845BC9 #C95B69 #A0C95B

split-complementary

#5BC9BB #C95BA0 #C9845B

monochromatic

#2A8075 #39AE9F #5BC9BB #89D8CE #B7E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5BC9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#5BC9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9BB

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9BB	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dacf',
    500: '#5bc9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9bb;
$custom-light: #93dacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.364,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76789,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9BB

secondary

#D6AAAF

accent

#4E60DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9BB

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

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