#5BB8A8#5BB8A8

#5BB8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.092 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8A8
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -31.60, -0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 31.60, 180.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0922 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.092 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5198, 39.3298, 43.1267)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8A8 #B85B6B

analogous

#5BB87A #5BB8A8 #5B9AB8

triadic

#5BB8A8 #A85BB8 #B8A85B

tetradic

#5BB8A8 #7A5BB8 #B85B6B #9AB85B

square

#5BB8A8 #7A5BB8 #B85B6B #9AB85B

split-complementary

#5BB8A8 #B85B9A #B87A5B

monochromatic

#2E6A60 #419587 #5BB8A8 #86CABF #B0DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#5BB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8A8

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8A8	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.092 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdc1',
    500: '#5bb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8a8;
$custom-light: #90cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.677,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.09223,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8A8

secondary

#CBA4AA

accent

#586DCF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8A8

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

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