#5BB2A6#5BB2A6

#5BB2A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.086 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2A6
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 166)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -29.21, -1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 29.27, 183.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0862 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.086 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1149, 36.8158, 41.7463)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2A6 #B25B67

analogous

#5BB27A #5BB2A6 #5B93B2

triadic

#5BB2A6 #A65BB2 #B2A65B

tetradic

#5BB2A6 #7A5BB2 #B25B67 #93B25B

square

#5BB2A6 #7A5BB2 #B25B67 #93B25B

split-complementary

#5BB2A6 #B25B93 #B27A5B

monochromatic

#2F645C #428D83 #5BB2A6 #85C6BD #AED9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#5BB2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#5BB2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2A6

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2A6	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.086 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9c0',
    500: '#5bb2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2a6;
$custom-light: #90c9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70596,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2A6

secondary

#C7A2A7

accent

#5C6BCC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2A6

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

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