#5BA596#5BA596

#5BA596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.078 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA596
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -26.81, 0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 26.81, 178.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.0779 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.078 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2723, 31.3346, 33.6701)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA596 #A55B6A

analogous

#5BA571 #5BA596 #5B8FA5

triadic

#5BA596 #965BA5 #A5965B

tetradic

#5BA596 #715BA5 #A55B6A #8FA55B

square

#5BA596 #715BA5 #A55B6A #8FA55B

split-complementary

#5BA596 #A55B8F #A5715B

monochromatic

#2F564E #457E72 #5BA596 #83BBAF #AAD0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#5BA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#5BA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA596

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA596	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.078 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0b4',
    500: '#5ba596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba596;
$custom-light: #8ec0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.838,
    "s": 29.134,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6694,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA596

secondary

#BE9DA4

accent

#6276C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA596

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

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