#5BB1A8#5BB1A8

#5BB1A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.085 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB1A8
RGB	rgb(91, 177, 168)
HSL	hsl(174, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -28.21, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 28.42, 186.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0841 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.085 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1015, 36.4933, 42.6539)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB1A8 #B15B64

analogous

#5BB17D #5BB1A8 #5B8FB1

triadic

#5BB1A8 #A85BB1 #B1A85B

tetradic

#5BB1A8 #7D5BB1 #B15B64 #8FB15B

square

#5BB1A8 #7D5BB1 #B15B64 #8FB15B

split-complementary

#5BB1A8 #B15B8F #B17D5B

monochromatic

#2F635D #438C84 #5BB1A8 #84C5BE #AED8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5BB1A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#5BB1A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB1A8

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB1A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB1A8	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb1a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 177, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.085 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8c1',
    500: '#5bb1a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb1a8;
$custom-light: #90c8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb1a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.721,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70418,
    "c": 0.08469,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB1A8

secondary

#C7A1A5

accent

#5C68CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB1A8

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

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