#5BBCA5#5BBCA5

#5BBCA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCA5
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -34.22, 2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 34.34, 175.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0981 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.098 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0862, 40.9046, 41.9526)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCA5 #BC5B72

analogous

#5BBC75 #5BBCA5 #5BA3BC

triadic

#5BBCA5 #A55BBC #BCA55B

tetradic

#5BBCA5 #755BBC #BC5B72 #A3BC5B

square

#5BBCA5 #755BBC #BC5B72 #A3BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCA5 #BC5BA3 #BC755B

monochromatic

#2D6F60 #3F9B85 #5BBCA5 #86CEBD #B2E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BBCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#5BBCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCA5

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCA5	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0bf',
    500: '#5bbca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbca5;
$custom-light: #91d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.773,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7299,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCA5

secondary

#CEA5AF

accent

#5673D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCA5

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

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