#5BB8A9#5BB8A9

#5BB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.092 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8A9
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -31.35, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 31.36, 181.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0918 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.092 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6133, 39.3672, 43.6192)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8A9 #B85B6A

analogous

#5BB87B #5BB8A9 #5B99B8

triadic

#5BB8A9 #A95BB8 #B8A95B

tetradic

#5BB8A9 #7B5BB8 #B85B6A #99B85B

square

#5BB8A9 #7B5BB8 #B85B6A #99B85B

split-complementary

#5BB8A9 #B85B99 #B87B5B

monochromatic

#2E6A61 #419588 #5BB8A9 #86CABF #B0DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#5BB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8A9

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8A9	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)

#B1AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ABBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.092 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdc2',
    500: '#5bb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8a9;
$custom-light: #90cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.323,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7214,
    "c": 0.09181,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8A9

secondary

#CBA4AA

accent

#586CCF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8A9

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

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