#5BAC9D#5BAC9D

#5BAC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.083 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAC9D
RGB	rgb(91, 172, 157)
HSL	hsl(169, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 8.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -28.53, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 28.53, 179.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0832 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.083 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1502, 34.1615, 37.1602)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAC9D #AC5B6A

analogous

#5BAC75 #5BAC9D #5B93AC

triadic

#5BAC9D #9D5BAC #AC9D5B

tetradic

#5BAC9D #755BAC #AC5B6A #93AC5B

square

#5BAC9D #755BAC #AC5B6A #93AC5B

split-complementary

#5BAC9D #AC5B93 #AC755B

monochromatic

#2F5D55 #44867A #5BAC9D #84C1B5 #ACD5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#5BAC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#5BAC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAC9D

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAC9D	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bac9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 172, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.083 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5b9',
    500: '#5bac9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bac9d;
$custom-light: #8fc5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bac9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6886,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAC9D

secondary

#C3A0A6

accent

#5F73C9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAC9D

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

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