#5B9984#5B9984

#5B9984 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.072 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9984
RGB	rgb(91, 153, 132)
HSL	hsl(160, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 13.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -25.10, 4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 25.55, 169.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0713 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.072 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8689, 26.6712, 25.9264)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9984 #995B70

analogous

#5B9965 #5B9984 #5B8F99

triadic

#5B9984 #845B99 #99845B

tetradic

#5B9984 #655B99 #995B70 #8F995B

square

#5B9984 #655B99 #995B70 #8F995B

split-complementary

#5B9984 #995B8F #99655B

monochromatic

#2D4C42 #447363 #5B9984 #7FB3A1 #A5C9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#5B9984 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#5B9984 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9984

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9984	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9984	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#489A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9984;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 153, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.072 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7a7',
    500: '#5b9984',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9984;
$custom-light: #8cb7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9984",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.677,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63459,
    "c": 0.07232,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9984

secondary

#B798A3

accent

#6685C2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9984

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

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