#5BA3AC#5BA3AC

#5BA3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.073 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA3AC
RGB	rgb(91, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -20.09, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 23.23, 210.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0659 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.073 206)
XYZ	xyz(24.8551, 31.3951, 43.7718)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA3AC #AC645B

analogous

#5BAC8D #5BA3AC #5B7BAC

triadic

#5BA3AC #AC5BA3 #A3AC5B

tetradic

#5BA3AC #8D5BAC #AC645B #7BAC5B

square

#5BA3AC #8D5BAC #AC645B #7BAC5B

split-complementary

#5BA3AC #AC5B7B #AC8D5B

monochromatic

#2F585D #447F86 #5BA3AC #84BAC1 #ACD1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#5BA3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#5BA3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA3AC

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA3AC	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.073 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbec4',
    500: '#5ba3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba3ac;
$custom-light: #8fbec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67196,
    "c": 0.07335,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.31397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA3AC

secondary

#C3A4A0

accent

#6B5FC9

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA3AC

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

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