#5BBDAA#5BBDAA

#5BBDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDAA
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -33.47, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 33.48, 178.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.097 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.097 179)
XYZ	xyz(29.7645, 41.5189, 44.4678)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDAA #BD5B6E

analogous

#5BBD79 #5BBDAA #5B9FBD

triadic

#5BBDAA #AA5BBD #BDAA5B

tetradic

#5BBDAA #795BBD #BD5B6E #9FBD5B

square

#5BBDAA #795BBD #BD5B6E #9FBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDAA #BD5B9F #BD795B

monochromatic

#2D7063 #3F9C8A #5BBDAA #87CFC1 #B2E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BBDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#5BBDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDAA

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDAA	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1c3',
    500: '#5bbdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdaa;
$custom-light: #91d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.367,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73381,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.41522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDAA

secondary

#CFA5AD

accent

#556ED2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDAA

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

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