#5BB5AE#5BB5AE

#5BB5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.087 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5AE
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -28.62, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 29.01, 189.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0861 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.087 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4751, 38.3254, 45.9332)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5AE #B55B62

analogous

#5BB581 #5BB5AE #5B8FB5

triadic

#5BB5AE #AE5BB5 #B5AE5B

tetradic

#5BB5AE #815BB5 #B55B62 #8FB55B

square

#5BB5AE #815BB5 #B55B62 #8FB55B

split-complementary

#5BB5AE #B55B8F #B5815B

monochromatic

#2F6763 #42918B #5BB5AE #85C8C3 #AFDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5BB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#5BB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5AE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5AE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.087 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc6',
    500: '#5bb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5ae;
$custom-light: #90cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5AE

secondary

#C9A3A6

accent

#5A63CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5AE

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

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