#5BAE8E#5BAE8E

#5BAE8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.095 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAE8E
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(157, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -33.03, 8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 34.15, 165.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0924 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.095 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3308, 34.4473, 30.9528)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAE8E #AE5B7B

analogous

#5BAE64 #5BAE8E #5BA5AE

triadic

#5BAE8E #8E5BAE #AE8E5B

tetradic

#5BAE8E #645BAE #AE5B7B #A5AE5B

square

#5BAE8E #645BAE #AE5B7B #A5AE5B

split-complementary

#5BAE8E #AE5BA5 #AE645B

monochromatic

#2F5F4D #43886E #5BAE8E #84C2AA #ADD6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#5BAE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#5BAE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAE8E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAE8E	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.095 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6af',
    500: '#5bae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bae8e;
$custom-light: #8ec6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.867,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68917,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAE8E

secondary

#C5A0AE

accent

#5E88CA

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAE8E

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

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