#5B9C8F#5B9C8F

#5B9C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.070 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9C8F
RGB	rgb(91, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(168, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -24.01, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 24.01, 179.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.07 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.07 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1589, 27.9827, 30.2675)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9C8F #9C5B68

analogous

#5B9C6E #5B9C8F #5B889C

triadic

#5B9C8F #8F5B9C #9C8F5B

tetradic

#5B9C8F #6E5B9C #9C5B68 #889C5B

square

#5B9C8F #6E5B9C #9C5B68 #889C5B

split-complementary

#5B9C8F #9C5B88 #9C6E5B

monochromatic

#2E4F48 #44756C #5B9C8F #80B5AA #A6CBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5B9C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#5B9C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9C8F

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9C8F	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.070 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9af',
    500: '#5b9c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9c8f;
$custom-light: #8db9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64526,
    "c": 0.07002,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9C8F

secondary

#B99AA0

accent

#6578C3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9C8F

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

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