#5AB5BF#5AB5BF

#5AB5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.088 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5BF
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -24.28, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 27.73, 208.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0796 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.088 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1405, 38.9802, 55.2157)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5BF #BF645A

analogous

#5ABF97 #5AB5BF #5A82BF

triadic

#5AB5BF #BF5AB5 #B5BF5A

tetradic

#5AB5BF #975ABF #BF645A #82BF5A

square

#5AB5BF #975ABF #BF645A #82BF5A

split-complementary

#5AB5BF #BF5A82 #BF975A

monochromatic

#2C6B72 #3D959E #5AB5BF #86C9D0 #B2DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5AB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#5AB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5BF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5BF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.088 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbd2',
    500: '#5ab5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5bf;
$custom-light: #91cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.941,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5BF

secondary

#D0A9A5

accent

#6154D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5BF

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

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