#5BB2AB#5BB2AB

#5BB2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.085 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2AB
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -27.93, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 28.29, 189.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.084 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.085 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5824, 37.0028, 44.2089)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2AB #B25B62

analogous

#5BB27F #5BB2AB #5B8EB2

triadic

#5BB2AB #AB5BB2 #B2AB5B

tetradic

#5BB2AB #7F5BB2 #B25B62 #8EB25B

square

#5BB2AB #7F5BB2 #B25B62 #8EB25B

split-complementary

#5BB2AB #B25B8E #B27F5B

monochromatic

#2F6460 #428D87 #5BB2AB #85C6C0 #AED9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BB2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#5BB2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2AB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2AB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.085 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9c4',
    500: '#5bb2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2ab;
$custom-light: #90c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.172,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70756,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2AB

secondary

#C7A2A5

accent

#5C65CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2AB

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

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