#5BBBAA#5BBBAA

#5BBBAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBAA
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -32.52, -0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 32.52, 180.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0947 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.095 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3373, 40.6645, 44.3254)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBAA #BB5B6C

analogous

#5BBB7A #5BBBAA #5B9CBB

triadic

#5BBBAA #AA5BBB #BBAA5B

tetradic

#5BBBAA #7A5BBB #BB5B6C #9CBB5B

square

#5BBBAA #7A5BBB #BB5B6C #9CBB5B

split-complementary

#5BBBAA #BB5B9C #BB7A5B

monochromatic

#2E6E63 #409989 #5BBBAA #86CDC0 #B2DFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5BBBAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#5BBBAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBAA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBAA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c3',
    500: '#5bbbaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbaa;
$custom-light: #91d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.375,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBAA

secondary

#CDA5AC

accent

#576CD1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBAA

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

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