#5BA8A2#5BA8A2

#5BA8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.077 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8A2
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(175, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -25.29, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 25.65, 189.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0762 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.077 189)
XYZ	xyz(24.8360, 32.8360, 39.2046)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8A2 #A85B61

analogous

#5BA87B #5BA8A2 #5B87A8

triadic

#5BA8A2 #A25BA8 #A8A25B

tetradic

#5BA8A2 #7B5BA8 #A85B61 #87A85B

square

#5BA8A2 #7B5BA8 #A85B61 #87A85B

split-complementary

#5BA8A2 #A85B87 #A87B5B

monochromatic

#2F5956 #45817D #5BA8A2 #83BDB9 #ABD2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#5BA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#5BA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8A2

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8A2	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.077 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2bd',
    500: '#5ba8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8a2;
$custom-light: #8fc2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.325,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68049,
    "c": 0.07713,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.32838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8A2

secondary

#C09EA1

accent

#6169C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8A2

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

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