#5BB5AF#5BB5AF

#5BB5AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.087 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5AF
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 175)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -28.37, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 28.84, 190.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0857 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.087 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5729, 38.3645, 46.4485)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5AF #B55B61

analogous

#5BB582 #5BB5AF #5B8EB5

triadic

#5BB5AF #AF5BB5 #B5AF5B

tetradic

#5BB5AF #825BB5 #B55B61 #8EB55B

square

#5BB5AF #825BB5 #B55B61 #8EB55B

split-complementary

#5BB5AF #B55B8E #B5825B

monochromatic

#2F6763 #42918C #5BB5AF #85C8C4 #AFDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5BB5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#5BB5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5AF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5AF	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)

#ACADAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.087 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc6',
    500: '#5bb5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5af;
$custom-light: #90cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71608,
    "c": 0.08692,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5AF

secondary

#C9A3A5

accent

#5A62CE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5AF

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

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