#5BB8A7#5BB8A7

#5BB8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.093 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8A7
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(169, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -31.84, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 31.84, 179.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0927 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.093 180)
XYZ	xyz(28.4270, 39.2927, 42.6379)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8A7 #B85B6C

analogous

#5BB879 #5BB8A7 #5B9BB8

triadic

#5BB8A7 #A75BB8 #B8A75B

tetradic

#5BB8A7 #795BB8 #B85B6C #9BB85B

square

#5BB8A7 #795BB8 #B85B6C #9BB85B

split-complementary

#5BB8A7 #B85B9B #B8795B

monochromatic

#2E6A5F #419586 #5BB8A7 #86CABE #B0DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#5BB8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8A7

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8A7	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.093 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdc1',
    500: '#5bb8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8a7;
$custom-light: #90cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.032,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72079,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.39295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8A7

secondary

#CBA4AB

accent

#586ECF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8A7

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

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