#5BBDA5#5BBDA5

#5BBDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDA5
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -34.69, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 34.85, 174.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0993 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.1 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3005, 41.3333, 42.0241)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDA5 #BD5B73

analogous

#5BBD74 #5BBDA5 #5BA4BD

triadic

#5BBDA5 #A55BBD #BDA55B

tetradic

#5BBDA5 #745BBD #BD5B73 #A4BD5B

square

#5BBDA5 #745BBD #BD5B73 #A4BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDA5 #BD5BA4 #BD745B

monochromatic

#2D7060 #3F9C85 #5BBDA5 #87CFBD #B2E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BBDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#5BBDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDA5

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDA5	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1bf',
    500: '#5bbda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbda5;
$custom-light: #91d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.306,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73233,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDA5

secondary

#CFA5AF

accent

#5574D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDA5

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

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