#5BBCA4#5BBCA4

#5BBCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCA4
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -34.46, 3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 34.63, 174.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0986 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.099 175)
XYZ	xyz(28.9955, 40.8684, 41.4751)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCA4 #BC5B73

analogous

#5BBC74 #5BBCA4 #5BA3BC

triadic

#5BBCA4 #A45BBC #BCA45B

tetradic

#5BBCA4 #745BBC #BC5B73 #A3BC5B

square

#5BBCA4 #745BBC #BC5B73 #A3BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCA4 #BC5BA3 #BC745B

monochromatic

#2D6F5F #3F9B84 #5BBCA4 #86CEBC #B2E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BBCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5BBCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCA4

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCA4	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0be',
    500: '#5bbca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbca4;
$custom-light: #91d0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.155,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72961,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.40871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCA4

secondary

#CEA5AF

accent

#5675D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCA4

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

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