#5BBCA2#5BBCA2

#5BBCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCA2
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -34.94, 4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 35.22, 172.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0995 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.1 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8163, 40.7967, 40.5314)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCA2 #BC5B75

analogous

#5BBC72 #5BBCA2 #5BA5BC

triadic

#5BBCA2 #A25BBC #BCA25B

tetradic

#5BBCA2 #725BBC #BC5B75 #A5BC5B

square

#5BBCA2 #725BBC #BC5B75 #A5BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCA2 #BC5BA5 #BC725B

monochromatic

#2D6F5E #3F9B82 #5BBCA2 #86CEBB #B2E0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BBCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#5BBCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCA2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCA2	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0bd',
    500: '#5bbca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbca2;
$custom-light: #90d0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.918,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72904,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCA2

secondary

#CEA5B0

accent

#5677D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCA2

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

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