#5BB2AC#5BB2AC

#5BB2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.085 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2AC
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -27.67, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 28.13, 190.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0835 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.085 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6781, 37.0411, 44.7128)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2AC #B25B61

analogous

#5BB280 #5BB2AC #5B8CB2

triadic

#5BB2AC #AC5BB2 #B2AC5B

tetradic

#5BB2AC #805BB2 #B25B61 #8CB25B

square

#5BB2AC #805BB2 #B25B61 #8CB25B

split-complementary

#5BB2AC #B25B8C #B2805B

monochromatic

#2F6460 #428D88 #5BB2AC #85C6C1 #AED9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BB2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#5BB2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2AC

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2AC	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.085 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9c4',
    500: '#5bb2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2ac;
$custom-light: #90c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70788,
    "c": 0.0847,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2AC

secondary

#C7A2A4

accent

#5C63CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2AC

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

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