#5B9986#5B9986

#5B9986 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.071 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9986
RGB	rgb(91, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(162, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -24.64, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 24.92, 171.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0703 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.071 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0070, 26.7265, 26.6541)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9986 #995B6E

analogous

#5B9967 #5B9986 #5B8D99

triadic

#5B9986 #865B99 #99865B

tetradic

#5B9986 #675B99 #995B6E #8D995B

square

#5B9986 #675B99 #995B6E #8D995B

split-complementary

#5B9986 #995B8D #99675B

monochromatic

#2D4C43 #447364 #5B9986 #7FB3A3 #A5C9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#5B9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#5B9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9986

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9986	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#489A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.071 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7a9',
    500: '#5b9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9986;
$custom-light: #8cb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.613,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63518,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9986

secondary

#B798A2

accent

#6682C2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9986

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

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