#5B8480#5B8480

#5B8480 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.046 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8480
RGB	rgb(91, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(174, 18%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 31%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 0%, 3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -15.08, -2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 15.27, 189.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0454 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.046 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4606, 20.2843, 23.4658)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8480 #845B5F

analogous

#5B846B #5B8480 #5B7384

triadic

#5B8480 #805B84 #84805B

tetradic

#5B8480 #6B5B84 #845B5F #73845B

square

#5B8480 #6B5B84 #845B5F #73845B

split-complementary

#5B8480 #845B73 #846B5B

monochromatic

#293C3A #42605D #5B8480 #79A39F #9EBCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#5B8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#5B8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8480

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8480	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.046 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba8a4',
    500: '#5b8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8480;
$custom-light: #8ba8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 18.386,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58193,
    "c": 0.04587,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8480

secondary

#AA9193

accent

#6D74BB

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C0F0F

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8480

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

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