#5BBCAC#5BBCAC

#5BBCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.095 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCAC
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -32.50, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 32.51, 181.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.095 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.095 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7408, 41.1665, 45.4004)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCAC #BC5B6B

analogous

#5BBC7C #5BBCAC #5B9CBC

triadic

#5BBCAC #AC5BBC #BCAC5B

tetradic

#5BBCAC #7C5BBC #BC5B6B #9CBC5B

square

#5BBCAC #7C5BBC #BC5B6B #9CBC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCAC #BC5B9C #BC7C5B

monochromatic

#2D6F64 #3F9B8C #5BBCAC #86CEC2 #B2E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BBCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#5BBCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCAC

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCAC	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.095 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c4',
    500: '#5bbcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcac;
$custom-light: #91d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.103,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCAC

secondary

#CEA5AC

accent

#566AD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCAC

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

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