#5BBCAF#5BBCAF

#5BBCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCAF
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -31.75, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 31.82, 183.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0936 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.094 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0322, 41.2830, 46.9349)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCAF #BC5B68

analogous

#5BBC7F #5BBCAF #5B98BC

triadic

#5BBCAF #AF5BBC #BCAF5B

tetradic

#5BBCAF #7F5BBC #BC5B68 #98BC5B

square

#5BBCAF #7F5BBC #BC5B68 #98BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCAF #BC5B98 #BC7F5B

monochromatic

#2D6F66 #3F9B8E #5BBCAF #86CEC4 #B2E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BBCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#5BBCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCAF

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCAF	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 183.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.959,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCAF

secondary

#CEA5AA

accent

#5667D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCAF

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

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