#5BBCA0#5BBCA0

#5BBCA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCA0
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(163, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -35.41, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 35.83, 171.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1004 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.101 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6400, 40.7261, 39.6026)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCA0 #BC5B77

analogous

#5BBC6F #5BBCA0 #5BA8BC

triadic

#5BBCA0 #A05BBC #BCA05B

tetradic

#5BBCA0 #6F5BBC #BC5B77 #A8BC5B

square

#5BBCA0 #6F5BBC #BC5B77 #A8BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCA0 #BC5BA8 #BC6F5B

monochromatic

#2D6F5C #3F9B80 #5BBCA0 #86CEB9 #B2E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5BBCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5BBCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCA0

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCA0	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0bc',
    500: '#5bbca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbca0;
$custom-light: #90d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.68,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCA0

secondary

#CEA5B1

accent

#567AD2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCA0

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

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