#5BC9BE#5BC9BE

#5BC9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.102 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9BE
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -34.06, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 34.30, 186.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.1015 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.102 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4913, 47.7118, 56.0968)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9BE #C95B66

analogous

#5BC987 #5BC9BE #5B9DC9

triadic

#5BC9BE #BE5BC9 #C9BE5B

tetradic

#5BC9BE #875BC9 #C95B66 #9DC95B

square

#5BC9BE #875BC9 #C95B66 #9DC95B

split-complementary

#5BC9BE #C95B9D #C9875B

monochromatic

#2A8077 #39AEA2 #5BC9BE #89D8D0 #B7E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#5BC9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9BE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9BE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.102 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dad1',
    500: '#5bc9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9be;
$custom-light: #93dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76883,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9BE

secondary

#D6AAAE

accent

#4E5CDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9BE

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

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