#5BBCA6#5BBCA6

#5BBCA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCA6
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(166, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -33.98, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 34.06, 175.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0977 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.098 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1775, 40.9412, 42.4338)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCA6 #BC5B71

analogous

#5BBC76 #5BBCA6 #5BA1BC

triadic

#5BBCA6 #A65BBC #BCA65B

tetradic

#5BBCA6 #765BBC #BC5B71 #A1BC5B

square

#5BBCA6 #765BBC #BC5B71 #A1BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCA6 #BC5BA1 #BC765B

monochromatic

#2D6F60 #3F9B86 #5BBCA6 #86CEBE #B2E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BBCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#5BBCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCA6

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCA6	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c0',
    500: '#5bbca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbca6;
$custom-light: #91d0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.392,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCA6

secondary

#CEA5AE

accent

#5672D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCA6

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

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