#5BB5AA#5BB5AA

#5BB5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.088 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5AA
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -29.65, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 29.77, 185.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0879 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.088 185)
XYZ	xyz(28.0909, 38.1717, 43.9100)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5AA #B55B66

analogous

#5BB57D #5BB5AA #5B93B5

triadic

#5BB5AA #AA5BB5 #B5AA5B

tetradic

#5BB5AA #7D5BB5 #B55B66 #93B55B

square

#5BB5AA #7D5BB5 #B55B66 #93B55B

split-complementary

#5BB5AA #B55B93 #B57D5B

monochromatic

#2F6760 #429188 #5BB5AA #85C8C0 #AFDBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BB5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#5BB5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5AA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5AA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.088 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc3',
    500: '#5bb5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5aa;
$custom-light: #90cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71447,
    "c": 0.08823,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.38174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5AA

secondary

#C9A3A7

accent

#5A68CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5AA

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

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