#5BB4AB#5BB4AB

#5BB4AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.087 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4AB
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 5%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -28.91, -3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 29.14, 187.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0863 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.087 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9833, 37.8045, 44.3425)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4AB #B45B64

analogous

#5BB47F #5BB4AB #5B90B4

triadic

#5BB4AB #AB5BB4 #B4AB5B

tetradic

#5BB4AB #7F5BB4 #B45B64 #90B45B

square

#5BB4AB #7F5BB4 #B45B64 #90B45B

split-complementary

#5BB4AB #B45B90 #B47F5B

monochromatic

#2F6660 #429088 #5BB4AB #85C7C1 #AFDAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5BB4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#5BB4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4AB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4AB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.087 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc4',
    500: '#5bb4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4ab;
$custom-light: #90cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.933,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71237,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4AB

secondary

#C9A2A6

accent

#5B66CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4AB

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

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