#5BCBC6#5BCBC6

#5BCBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.102 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBC6
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 198)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -32.92, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 33.70, 192.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.1002 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.102 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8590, 49.0097, 60.9852)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBC6 #CB5B60

analogous

#5BCB8E #5BCBC6 #5B98CB

triadic

#5BCBC6 #C65BCB #CBC65B

tetradic

#5BCBC6 #8E5BCB #CB5B60 #98CB5B

square

#5BCBC6 #8E5BCB #CB5B60 #98CB5B

split-complementary

#5BCBC6 #CB5B98 #CB8E5B

monochromatic

#29827E #38B1AB #5BCBC6 #89DAD6 #B8E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5BCBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#5BCBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBC6

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBC6	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.102 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbd7',
    500: '#5bcbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbc6;
$custom-light: #94dbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.321,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77617,
    "c": 0.10214,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBC6

secondary

#D7AAAC

accent

#4C53DB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBC6

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

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