#5BA8A4#5BA8A4

#5BA8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.077 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8A4
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(177, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -24.77, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 25.34, 192.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0753 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.077 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0152, 32.9077, 40.1484)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8A4 #A85B5F

analogous

#5BA87D #5BA8A4 #5B85A8

triadic

#5BA8A4 #A45BA8 #A8A45B

tetradic

#5BA8A4 #7D5BA8 #A85B5F #85A85B

square

#5BA8A4 #7D5BA8 #A85B5F #85A85B

split-complementary

#5BA8A4 #A85B85 #A87D5B

monochromatic

#2F5957 #45817E #5BA8A4 #83BDBA #ABD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#5BA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#5BA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8A4

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8A4	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.077 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2be',
    500: '#5ba8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8a4;
$custom-light: #8fc2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.883,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68116,
    "c": 0.07675,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8A4

secondary

#C09EA0

accent

#6166C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8A4

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

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