#5BB9AB#5BB9AB

#5BB9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.092 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9AB
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -31.32, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 31.36, 182.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.092 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.092 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0109, 39.8598, 44.6851)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9AB #B95B69

analogous

#5BB97C #5BB9AB #5B98B9

triadic

#5BB9AB #AB5BB9 #B9AB5B

tetradic

#5BB9AB #7C5BB9 #B95B69 #98B95B

square

#5BB9AB #7C5BB9 #B95B69 #98B95B

split-complementary

#5BB9AB #B95B98 #B97C5B

monochromatic

#2E6C62 #40978A #5BB9AB #86CBC1 #B1DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5BB9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#5BB9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9AB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9AB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.092 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cec4',
    500: '#5bb9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9ab;
$custom-light: #91cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.064,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72444,
    "c": 0.09212,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9AB

secondary

#CCA4AA

accent

#586AD0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9AB

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

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