#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
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 7.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -30.64, -1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 30.66, 182.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0899 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.09 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1072, 38.5047, 42.9892)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##5BB6A8	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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