#5BAB97#5BAB97

#5BAB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.085 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAB97
RGB	rgb(91, 171, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 0%, 11.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -29.50, 2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 29.63, 174.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0847 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.085 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4609, 33.5824, 34.4652)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAB97 #AB5B6F

analogous

#5BAB6F #5BAB97 #5B97AB

triadic

#5BAB97 #975BAB #AB975B

tetradic

#5BAB97 #6F5BAB #AB5B6F #97AB5B

square

#5BAB97 #6F5BAB #AB5B6F #97AB5B

split-complementary

#5BAB97 #AB5B97 #AB6F5B

monochromatic

#2F5C51 #448575 #5BAB97 #83C0B1 #ACD4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#5BAB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#5BAB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAB97

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAB97	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bab97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 171, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.085 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4b5',
    500: '#5bab97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bab97;
$custom-light: #8ec4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bab97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 32.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68435,
    "c": 0.08498,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAB97

secondary

#C39FA8

accent

#5F7AC8

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAB97

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

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