#5BB3AC#5BB3AC

#5BB3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.086 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3AC
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -28.16, -4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 28.53, 189.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0847 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.086 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8778, 37.4405, 44.7794)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3AC #B35B62

analogous

#5BB380 #5BB3AC #5B8EB3

triadic

#5BB3AC #AC5BB3 #B3AC5B

tetradic

#5BB3AC #805BB3 #B35B62 #8EB35B

square

#5BB3AC #805BB3 #B35B62 #8EB35B

split-complementary

#5BB3AC #B35B8E #B3805B

monochromatic

#2F6561 #428F89 #5BB3AC #85C6C1 #AFDAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BB3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#5BB3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3AC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3AC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.086 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cac4',
    500: '#5bb3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3ac;
$custom-light: #90cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.227,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71029,
    "c": 0.08566,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3AC

secondary

#C8A2A5

accent

#5B64CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3AC

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

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