#5BB3AF#5BB3AF

#5BB3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.085 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3AF
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 175)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -27.38, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 28.06, 192.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0834 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.085 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1692, 37.5570, 46.3139)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3AF #B35B5F

analogous

#5BB383 #5BB3AF #5B8BB3

triadic

#5BB3AF #AF5BB3 #B3AF5B

tetradic

#5BB3AF #835BB3 #B35B5F #8BB35B

square

#5BB3AF #835BB3 #B35B5F #8BB35B

split-complementary

#5BB3AF #B35B8B #B3835B

monochromatic

#2F6562 #428F8B #5BB3AF #85C6C3 #AFDAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BB3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#5BB3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3AF

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3AF	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.085 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cac6',
    500: '#5bb3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3af;
$custom-light: #90cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71128,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3AF

secondary

#C8A2A4

accent

#5B60CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3AF

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

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