#5BB4AC#5BB4AC

#5BB4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.087 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4AC
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -28.65, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 28.95, 188.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0858 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.087 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0790, 37.8428, 44.8464)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4AC #B45B63

analogous

#5BB47F #5BB4AC #5B8FB4

triadic

#5BB4AC #AC5BB4 #B4AC5B

tetradic

#5BB4AC #7F5BB4 #B45B63 #8FB45B

square

#5BB4AC #7F5BB4 #B45B63 #8FB45B

split-complementary

#5BB4AC #B45B8F #B47F5B

monochromatic

#2F6661 #429089 #5BB4AC #85C7C1 #AFDAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5BB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#5BB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4AC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4AC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.087 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc4',
    500: '#5bb4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4ac;
$custom-light: #90cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.607,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7127,
    "c": 0.08663,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4AC

secondary

#C9A2A6

accent

#5B65CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4AC

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

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