#5ABCBC#5ABCBC

#5ABCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.092 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ABCBC
RGB	rgb(90, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -28.57, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 29.89, 197.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0886 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.092 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2730, 41.7680, 53.9812)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ABCBC #BC5A5A

analogous

#5ABC8B #5ABCBC #5A8BBC

triadic

#5ABCBC #BC5ABC #BCBC5A

tetradic

#5ABCBC #8B5ABC #BC5A5A #8BBC5A

square

#5ABCBC #8B5ABC #BC5A5A #8BBC5A

split-complementary

#5ABCBC #BC5A8B #BC8B5A

monochromatic

#2D6F6F #3F9A9A #5ABCBC #86CECE #B1DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5ABCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#5ABCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ABCBC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ABCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ABCBC	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5abcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.092 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0d0',
    500: '#5abcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5abcbc;
$custom-light: #91d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5abcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73678,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ABCBC

secondary

#CEA4A4

accent

#5656D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ABCBC

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

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