#5BBCAE#5BBCAE

#5BBCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCAE
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -32.00, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 32.04, 182.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0941 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.094 183)
XYZ	xyz(29.9343, 41.2439, 46.4196)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCAE #BC5B69

analogous

#5BBC7E #5BBCAE #5B9ABC

triadic

#5BBCAE #AE5BBC #BCAE5B

tetradic

#5BBCAE #7E5BBC #BC5B69 #9ABC5B

square

#5BBCAE #7E5BBC #BC5B69 #9ABC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCAE #BC5B9A #BC7E5B

monochromatic

#2D6F66 #3F9B8D #5BBCAE #86CEC3 #B2E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BBCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5BBCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCAE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCAE	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c6',
    500: '#5bbcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcae;
$custom-light: #91d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.34,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73261,
    "c": 0.09422,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.41247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCAE

secondary

#CEA5AB

accent

#5668D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCAE

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

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