#5BBCA9#5BBCA9

#5BBCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.096 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCA9
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -33.24, 0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 33.26, 178.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0963 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.096 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4559, 41.0525, 43.9001)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCA9 #BC5B6E

analogous

#5BBC78 #5BBCA9 #5B9FBC

triadic

#5BBCA9 #A95BBC #BCA95B

tetradic

#5BBCA9 #785BBC #BC5B6E #9FBC5B

square

#5BBCA9 #785BBC #BC5B6E #9FBC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCA9 #BC5B9F #BC785B

monochromatic

#2D6F62 #3F9B89 #5BBCA9 #86CEC0 #B2E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#5BBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCA9

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCA9	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.096 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c2',
    500: '#5bbca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbca9;
$custom-light: #91d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.247,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73109,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCA9

secondary

#CEA5AD

accent

#566ED2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCA9

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

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