#5BB2A2#5BB2A2

#5BB2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.088 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2A2
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -30.21, 0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 30.21, 179.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.088 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.088 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7536, 36.6713, 39.8438)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2A2 #B25B6B

analogous

#5BB277 #5BB2A2 #5B96B2

triadic

#5BB2A2 #A25BB2 #B2A25B

tetradic

#5BB2A2 #775BB2 #B25B6B #96B25B

square

#5BB2A2 #775BB2 #B25B6B #96B25B

split-complementary

#5BB2A2 #B25B96 #B2775B

monochromatic

#2F645A #428D80 #5BB2A2 #85C6BA #AED9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#5BB2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#5BB2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2A2

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2A2	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.088 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9bd',
    500: '#5bb2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2a2;
$custom-light: #8fc9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.966,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70472,
    "c": 0.08798,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2A2

secondary

#C7A2A8

accent

#5C70CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2A2

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

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