#5BB2AE#5BB2AE

#5BB2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.084 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2AE
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -27.15, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 27.82, 192.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0827 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.084 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8716, 37.1185, 45.7320)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2AE #B25B5F

analogous

#5BB282 #5BB2AE #5B8BB2

triadic

#5BB2AE #AE5BB2 #B2AE5B

tetradic

#5BB2AE #825BB2 #B25B5F #8BB25B

square

#5BB2AE #825BB2 #B25B5F #8BB25B

split-complementary

#5BB2AE #B25B8B #B2825B

monochromatic

#2F6461 #428D8A #5BB2AE #85C6C3 #AED9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#5BB2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#5BB2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2AE

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2AE	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.084 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9c6',
    500: '#5bb2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2ae;
$custom-light: #90c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.241,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2AE

secondary

#C7A2A3

accent

#5C61CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2AE

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

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