#5BB9AF#5BB9AF

#5BB9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.091 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9AF
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -30.31, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 30.51, 186.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0902 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.091 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3980, 40.0146, 46.7235)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9AF #B95B65

analogous

#5BB980 #5BB9AF #5B94B9

triadic

#5BB9AF #AF5BB9 #B9AF5B

tetradic

#5BB9AF #805BB9 #B95B65 #94B95B

square

#5BB9AF #805BB9 #B95B65 #94B95B

split-complementary

#5BB9AF #B95B94 #B9805B

monochromatic

#2E6C65 #40978D #5BB9AF #86CBC4 #B1DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BB9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#5BB9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9AF

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9AF	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.091 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cec6',
    500: '#5bb9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9af;
$custom-light: #91cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.617,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9AF

secondary

#CCA4A8

accent

#5865D0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9AF

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

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