#5BB5AC#5BB5AC

#5BB5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.088 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5AC
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -29.14, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 29.37, 187.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.087 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.088 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2816, 38.2480, 44.9139)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5AC #B55B64

analogous

#5BB57F #5BB5AC #5B91B5

triadic

#5BB5AC #AC5BB5 #B5AC5B

tetradic

#5BB5AC #7F5BB5 #B55B64 #91B55B

square

#5BB5AC #7F5BB5 #B55B64 #91B55B

split-complementary

#5BB5AC #B55B91 #B57F5B

monochromatic

#2F6761 #429189 #5BB5AC #85C8C1 #AFDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BB5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#5BB5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5AC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5AC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.088 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc4',
    500: '#5bb5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5ac;
$custom-light: #90cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71511,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5AC

secondary

#C9A3A6

accent

#5A66CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5AC

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

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