#5BC9BF#5BC9BF

#5BC9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.102 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9BF
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -33.81, -4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 34.11, 187.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.101 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.102 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6009, 47.7557, 56.6744)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9BF #C95B65

analogous

#5BC988 #5BC9BF #5B9CC9

triadic

#5BC9BF #BF5BC9 #C9BF5B

tetradic

#5BC9BF #885BC9 #C95B65 #9CC95B

square

#5BC9BF #885BC9 #C95B65 #9CC95B

split-complementary

#5BC9BF #C95B9C #C9885B

monochromatic

#2A8078 #39AEA3 #5BC9BF #89D8D1 #B7E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#5BC9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9BF

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9BF	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.102 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dad2',
    500: '#5bc9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9bf;
$custom-light: #93dad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76915,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9BF

secondary

#D6AAAE

accent

#4E5BDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9BF

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

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