#5B8A8D#5B8A8D

#5B8A8D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.051 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8A8D
RGB	rgb(91, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(184, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 35%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -15.07, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 16.49, 203.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0477 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.051 201)
XYZ	xyz(18.2089, 22.3231, 28.5434)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8A8D #8D5E5B

analogous

#5B8D77 #5B8A8D #5B718D

triadic

#5B8A8D #8D5B8A #8A8D5B

tetradic

#5B8A8D #775B8D #8D5E5B #718D5B

square

#5B8A8D #775B8D #8D5E5B #718D5B

split-complementary

#5B8A8D #8D5B71 #8D775B

monochromatic

#2B4143 #436668 #5B8A8D #7BA7AA #A0C0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#5B8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#5B8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8A8D

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8A8D	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#488D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.051 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacae',
    500: '#5b8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8a8d;
$custom-light: #8cacae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.6,
    "s": 21.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60091,
    "c": 0.05113,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.22324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8A8D

secondary

#B09694

accent

#6F6ABE

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8A8D

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

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