#5BAE96#5BAE96

#5BAE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.089 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAE96
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -31.18, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 31.51, 171.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0887 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.089 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9531, 34.6962, 34.2303)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAE96 #AE5B73

analogous

#5BAE6D #5BAE96 #5B9DAE

triadic

#5BAE96 #965BAE #AE965B

tetradic

#5BAE96 #6D5BAE #AE5B73 #9DAE5B

square

#5BAE96 #6D5BAE #AE5B73 #9DAE5B

split-complementary

#5BAE96 #AE5B9D #AE6D5B

monochromatic

#2F5F51 #438874 #5BAE96 #84C2B0 #ADD6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5BAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#5BAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAE96

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAE96	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.089 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6b4',
    500: '#5bae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bae96;
$custom-light: #8fc6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.651,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6914,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAE96

secondary

#C5A0AB

accent

#5E7DCA

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAE96

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

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