#5B8D8A#5B8D8A

#5B8D8A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.054 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8D8A
RGB	rgb(91, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 35%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -17.45, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 17.84, 192.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.053 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.054 191)
XYZ	xyz(18.4251, 23.1077, 27.5292)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8D8A #8D5B5E

analogous

#5B8D71 #5B8D8A #5B778D

triadic

#5B8D8A #8A5B8D #8D8A5B

tetradic

#5B8D8A #715B8D #8D5B5E #778D5B

square

#5B8D8A #715B8D #8D5B5E #778D5B

split-complementary

#5B8D8A #8D5B77 #8D715B

monochromatic

#2B4341 #436866 #5B8D8A #7BAAA7 #A0C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#5B8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#5B8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8D8A

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8D8A	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E818B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.054 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeac',
    500: '#5b8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8d8a;
$custom-light: #8caeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.4,
    "s": 21.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60712,
    "c": 0.05401,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.23109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8D8A

secondary

#B09496

accent

#6A6FBE

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8D8A

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

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