#5BB6A8#5BB6A8

#5BB6A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.090 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BB6A8
RGBrgb(91, 182, 168)
HSLhsl(171, 38%, 54%)
HSVhsv(171, 50%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 0%, 7.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.39, -30.64, -1.22)
CIE-LCHlch(68.39, 30.66, 182.28°)
OKLaboklab(71.63% -0.0899 -0.0038)
OKLCHoklch(71.63% 0.09 182.4)
XYZxyz(28.1072, 38.5047, 42.9892)
Luminance0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BB6A8 #B65B69
analogous
#5BB67A #5BB6A8 #5B96B6
triadic
#5BB6A8 #A85BB6 #B6A85B
tetradic
#5BB6A8 #7A5BB6 #B65B69 #96B65B
square
#5BB6A8 #7A5BB6 #B65B69 #96B65B
split-complementary
#5BB6A8 #B65B96 #B67A5B
monochromatic
#2E685F #419386 #5BB6A8 #85C9BE #B0DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#5BB6A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70
#5BB6A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6A8
8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BB6A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BB6A81.002.418.708.70
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7021.001.001.00
##0000008.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFADA8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A2A9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2CB9B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5bb6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.090 182.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ccc1',
    500: '#5bb6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5bb6a8;
$custom-light: #90ccc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5bb6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71626,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BB6A8
secondary
#CAA3A9
accent
#596BCE
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F1F9F7
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0D1312
muted
#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6A8

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#5BB6A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva