#5BA8A7#5BA8A7

#5BA8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.076 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA8A7
RGB	rgb(91, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(179, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -23.99, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 24.96, 196.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.074 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.076 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2893, 33.0174, 41.5920)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA8A7 #A85B5C

analogous

#5BA880 #5BA8A7 #5B82A8

triadic

#5BA8A7 #A75BA8 #A8A75B

tetradic

#5BA8A7 #805BA8 #A85B5C #82A85B

square

#5BA8A7 #805BA8 #A85B5C #82A85B

split-complementary

#5BA8A7 #A85B82 #A8805B

monochromatic

#2F5959 #458180 #5BA8A7 #83BDBC #ABD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#5BA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#5BA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA8A7

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA8A7	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.076 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2c1',
    500: '#5ba8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba8a7;
$custom-light: #8fc2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.221,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68216,
    "c": 0.07641,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA8A7

secondary

#C09E9F

accent

#6162C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA8A7

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

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