#5BB8A5#5BB8A5

#5BB8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.094 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8A5
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -32.34, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 32.36, 177.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0936 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.094 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2435, 39.2193, 41.6717)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8A5 #B85B6E

analogous

#5BB877 #5BB8A5 #5B9DB8

triadic

#5BB8A5 #A55BB8 #B8A55B

tetradic

#5BB8A5 #775BB8 #B85B6E #9DB85B

square

#5BB8A5 #775BB8 #B85B6E #9DB85B

split-complementary

#5BB8A5 #B85B9D #B8775B

monochromatic

#2E6A5E #419584 #5BB8A5 #86CABC #B0DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#5BB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8A5

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8A5	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.094 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdbf',
    500: '#5bb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8a5;
$custom-light: #90cdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.742,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8A5

secondary

#CBA4AC

accent

#5871CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8A5

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

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