#5BA9B2#5BA9B2

#5BA9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.078 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA9B2
RGB	rgb(91, 169, 178)
HSL	hsl(186, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -21.55, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 24.70, 209.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0705 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.078 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5351, 33.8122, 47.2389)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA9B2 #B2645B

analogous

#5BB290 #5BA9B2 #5B7DB2

triadic

#5BA9B2 #B25BA9 #A9B25B

tetradic

#5BA9B2 #905BB2 #B2645B #7DB25B

square

#5BA9B2 #905BB2 #B2645B #7DB25B

split-complementary

#5BA9B2 #B25B7D #B2905B

monochromatic

#2F5E64 #42868D #5BA9B2 #85BFC6 #AED5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#5BA9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#5BA9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA9B2

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA9B2	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9099B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 169, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.078 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2c9',
    500: '#5ba9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba9b2;
$custom-light: #90c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68842,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA9B2

secondary

#C7A5A2

accent

#675CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA9B2

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

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