#5BB1AA#5BB1AA

#5BB1AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.084 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB1AA
RGB	rgb(91, 177, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -27.70, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 28.05, 189.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0833 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.084 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2893, 36.5684, 43.6427)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB1AA #B15B62

analogous

#5BB17F #5BB1AA #5B8DB1

triadic

#5BB1AA #AA5BB1 #B1AA5B

tetradic

#5BB1AA #7F5BB1 #B15B62 #8DB15B

square

#5BB1AA #7F5BB1 #B15B62 #8DB15B

split-complementary

#5BB1AA #B15B8D #B17F5B

monochromatic

#2F635E #438C86 #5BB1AA #84C5BF #AED8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5BB1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#5BB1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB1AA

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB1AA	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 177, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.084 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8c3',
    500: '#5bb1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb1aa;
$custom-light: #90c8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.116,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70482,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB1AA

secondary

#C7A1A4

accent

#5C65CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB1AA

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

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