#5BC9BC#5BC9BC

#5BC9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9BC
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -34.58, -3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 34.71, 185.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.1023 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.103 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2742, 47.6250, 54.9535)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9BC #C95B68

analogous

#5BC985 #5BC9BC #5B9FC9

triadic

#5BC9BC #BC5BC9 #C9BC5B

tetradic

#5BC9BC #855BC9 #C95B68 #9FC95B

square

#5BC9BC #855BC9 #C95B68 #9FC95B

split-complementary

#5BC9BC #C95B9F #C9855B

monochromatic

#2A8075 #39AEA0 #5BC9BC #89D8CF #B7E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5BC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#5BC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9BC

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9BC	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dad0',
    500: '#5bc9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9bc;
$custom-light: #93dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.909,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7682,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9BC

secondary

#D6AAAF

accent

#4E5EDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9BC

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

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