#5BA899#5BA899

#5BA899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.080 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA899
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(168, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -27.55, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 27.55, 179.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0802 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.08 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0644, 32.5274, 35.1411)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA899 #A85B6A

analogous

#5BA872 #5BA899 #5B90A8

triadic

#5BA899 #995BA8 #A8995B

tetradic

#5BA899 #725BA8 #A85B6A #90A85B

square

#5BA899 #725BA8 #A85B6A #90A85B

split-complementary

#5BA899 #A85B90 #A8725B

monochromatic

#2F5951 #458175 #5BA899 #83BDB2 #ABD2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#5BA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#5BA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA899

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA899	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96979A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.080 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2b7',
    500: '#5ba899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba899;
$custom-light: #8ec2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.312,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67763,
    "c": 0.08021,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA899

secondary

#C09EA5

accent

#6175C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA899

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

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