#5BAEAF#5BAEAF

#5BAEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.081 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAEAF
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -24.90, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 26.25, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0776 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.081 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1852, 35.5891, 45.9859)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAEAF #AF5C5B

analogous

#5BAF86 #5BAEAF #5B84AF

triadic

#5BAEAF #AF5BAE #AEAF5B

tetradic

#5BAEAF #865BAF #AF5C5B #84AF5B

square

#5BAEAF #865BAF #AF5C5B #84AF5B

split-complementary

#5BAEAF #AF5B84 #AF865B

monochromatic

#2F6061 #43898A #5BAEAF #84C2C3 #ADD7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#5BAEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#5BAEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAEAF

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAEAF	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.081 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6c6',
    500: '#5baeaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baeaf;
$custom-light: #90c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.714,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69929,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAEAF

secondary

#C5A1A1

accent

#5F5DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAEAF

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

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