#5BA3A2#5BA3A2

#5BA3A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.072 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA3A2
RGB	rgb(91, 163, 162)
HSL	hsl(179, 28%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -22.76, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 23.68, 195.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0702 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.072 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9306, 31.0253, 38.9028)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA3A2 #A35B5C

analogous

#5BA37E #5BA3A2 #5B80A3

triadic

#5BA3A2 #A25BA3 #A3A25B

tetradic

#5BA3A2 #7E5BA3 #A35B5C #80A35B

square

#5BA3A2 #7E5BA3 #A35B5C #80A35B

split-complementary

#5BA3A2 #A35B80 #A37E5B

monochromatic

#2F5454 #457C7B #5BA3A2 #82B9B8 #A9CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#5BA3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#5BA3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA3A2

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA3A2	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 163, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.072 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebebd',
    500: '#5ba3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba3a2;
$custom-light: #8ebebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 28.346,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66843,
    "c": 0.07246,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA3A2

secondary

#BD9D9D

accent

#6365C5

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA3A2

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

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