#5BB0A5#5BB0A5

#5BB0A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.085 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0A5
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 48%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 6.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -28.48, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 28.58, 184.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0843 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.085 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6284, 35.9892, 41.1334)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0A5 #B05B66

analogous

#5BB07A #5BB0A5 #5B91B0

triadic

#5BB0A5 #A55BB0 #B0A55B

tetradic

#5BB0A5 #7A5BB0 #B05B66 #91B05B

square

#5BB0A5 #7A5BB0 #B05B66 #91B05B

split-complementary

#5BB0A5 #B05B91 #B07A5B

monochromatic

#2F625B #438B82 #5BB0A5 #84C4BC #AED8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#5BB0A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#5BB0A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0A5

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0A5	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.085 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8bf',
    500: '#5bb0a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0a5;
$custom-light: #8fc8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.235,
    "s": 34.979,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7008,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0A5

secondary

#C6A1A6

accent

#5D6BCB

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0A5

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

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