#5BB5A2#5BB5A2

#5BB5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.092 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5A2
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -31.64, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 31.68, 177.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0915 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.092 178)
XYZ	xyz(27.3571, 37.8782, 40.0450)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5A2 #B55B6E

analogous

#5BB575 #5BB5A2 #5B9BB5

triadic

#5BB5A2 #A25BB5 #B5A25B

tetradic

#5BB5A2 #755BB5 #B55B6E #9BB55B

square

#5BB5A2 #755BB5 #B55B6E #9BB55B

split-complementary

#5BB5A2 #B55B9B #B5755B

monochromatic

#2F675B #429180 #5BB5A2 #85C8BA #AFDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5BB5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#5BB5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5A2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5A2	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)

#AFACA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.092 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbbd',
    500: '#5bb5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5a2;
$custom-light: #90cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.712,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.37881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5A2

secondary

#C9A3AB

accent

#5A72CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5A2

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

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