#5CB9BE#5CB9BE

#5CB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.088 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB9BE
RGB	rgb(92, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -26.13, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 28.36, 202.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0831 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.089 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0531, 40.6881, 54.9224)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB9BE #BE615C

analogous

#5CBE92 #5CB9BE #5C88BE

triadic

#5CB9BE #BE5CB9 #B9BE5C

tetradic

#5CB9BE #925CBE #BE615C #88BE5C

square

#5CB9BE #925CBE #BE615C #88BE5C

split-complementary

#5CB9BE #BE5C88 #BE925C

monochromatic

#2E6F72 #3F999E #5CB9BE #88CCCF #B4DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5CB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#5CB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB9BE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB9BE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.088 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ced1',
    500: '#5cb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb9be;
$custom-light: #92ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.061,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73111,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB9BE

secondary

#CFA9A6

accent

#5B55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB9BE

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

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