#5BB1A5#5BB1A5

#5BB1A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.086 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB1A5
RGB	rgb(91, 177, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 6.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -28.97, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 29.03, 183.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0855 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.086 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8252, 36.3828, 41.1990)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB1A5 #B15B67

analogous

#5BB17A #5BB1A5 #5B92B1

triadic

#5BB1A5 #A55BB1 #B1A55B

tetradic

#5BB1A5 #7A5BB1 #B15B67 #92B15B

square

#5BB1A5 #7A5BB1 #B15B67 #92B15B

split-complementary

#5BB1A5 #B15B92 #B17A5B

monochromatic

#2F635B #438C82 #5BB1A5 #84C5BC #AED8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#5BB1A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#5BB1A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB1A5

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB1A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB1A5	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb1a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 177, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.086 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8bf',
    500: '#5bb1a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb1a5;
$custom-light: #90c8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb1a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB1A5

secondary

#C7A1A6

accent

#5C6CCC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB1A5

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

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