#5AB3BD#5AB3BD

#5AB3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.086 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3BD
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -23.83, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 27.27, 209.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0781 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.086 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5182, 38.0853, 53.9299)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3BD #BD645A

analogous

#5ABD96 #5AB3BD #5A81BD

triadic

#5AB3BD #BD5AB3 #B3BD5A

tetradic

#5AB3BD #965ABD #BD645A #81BD5A

square

#5AB3BD #965ABD #BD645A #81BD5A

split-complementary

#5AB3BD #BD5A81 #BD965A

monochromatic

#2D6970 #3E929C #5AB3BD #86C7CE #B1DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#5AB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#5AB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3BD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3BD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.086 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cad0',
    500: '#5ab3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3bd;
$custom-light: #91cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.061,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71574,
    "c": 0.0863,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3BD

secondary

#CEA9A5

accent

#6255D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3BD

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

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