#5BB2AD#5BB2AD

#5BB2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.085 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2AD
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -27.41, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 27.97, 191.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0831 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.085 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7745, 37.0797, 45.2205)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2AD #B25B60

analogous

#5BB282 #5BB2AD #5B8BB2

triadic

#5BB2AD #AD5BB2 #B2AD5B

tetradic

#5BB2AD #825BB2 #B25B60 #8BB25B

square

#5BB2AD #825BB2 #B25B60 #8BB25B

split-complementary

#5BB2AD #B25B8B #B2825B

monochromatic

#2F6461 #428D89 #5BB2AD #85C6C2 #AED9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BB2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#5BB2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2AD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2AD	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.085 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9c5',
    500: '#5bb2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2ad;
$custom-light: #90c9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.552,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70821,
    "c": 0.08452,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2AD

secondary

#C7A2A4

accent

#5C62CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2AD

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

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