#5BA4A3#5BA4A3

#5BA4A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.073 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA4A3
RGB	rgb(91, 164, 163)
HSL	hsl(179, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -23.01, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 23.94, 195.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.071 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.073 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1981, 31.4175, 39.4323)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA4A3 #A45B5C

analogous

#5BA47E #5BA4A3 #5B81A4

triadic

#5BA4A3 #A35BA4 #A4A35B

tetradic

#5BA4A3 #7E5BA4 #A45B5C #81A45B

square

#5BA4A3 #7E5BA4 #A45B5C #81A45B

split-complementary

#5BA4A3 #A45B81 #A47E5B

monochromatic

#2F5555 #457D7C #5BA4A3 #82BAB9 #AAD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#5BA4A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#5BA4A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA4A3

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA4A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA4A3	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)

#9C9EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba4a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 164, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.073 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfbe',
    500: '#5ba4a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba4a3;
$custom-light: #8ebfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba4a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.178,
    "s": 28.627,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67118,
    "c": 0.07326,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA4A3

secondary

#BE9D9D

accent

#6364C5

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA4A3

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

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