#5B8A8A#5B8A8A

#5B8A8A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.051 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8A8A
RGB	rgb(91, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 34%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, -15.84, -5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 16.63, 197.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0491 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.051 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9887, 22.2350, 27.3837)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8A8A #8A5B5B

analogous

#5B8A73 #5B8A8A #5B738A

triadic

#5B8A8A #8A5B8A #8A8A5B

tetradic

#5B8A8A #735B8A #8A5B5B #738A5B

square

#5B8A8A #735B8A #8A5B5B #738A5B

split-complementary

#5B8A8A #8A5B73 #8A735B

monochromatic

#2A4040 #436565 #5B8A8A #7BA8A8 #9FC0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#5B8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#5B8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8A8A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8A8A	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#498D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.051 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacac',
    500: '#5b8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8a8a;
$custom-light: #8bacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 20.524,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59986,
    "c": 0.051,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8A8A

secondary

#AE9393

accent

#6B6BBD

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8A8A

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

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