#5BB4AE#5BB4AE

#5BB4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.086 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4AE
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -28.14, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 28.61, 190.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.085 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.086 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2725, 37.9202, 45.8656)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4AE #B45B61

analogous

#5BB481 #5BB4AE #5B8DB4

triadic

#5BB4AE #AE5BB4 #B4AE5B

tetradic

#5BB4AE #815BB4 #B45B61 #8DB45B

square

#5BB4AE #815BB4 #B45B61 #8DB45B

split-complementary

#5BB4AE #B45B8D #B4815B

monochromatic

#2F6662 #42908B #5BB4AE #85C7C3 #AFDAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5BB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#5BB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4AE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4AE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.086 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc6',
    500: '#5bb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4ae;
$custom-light: #90cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.955,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71335,
    "c": 0.08619,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4AE

secondary

#C9A2A5

accent

#5B62CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4AE

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

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