#5BBDAB#5BBDAB

#5BBDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDAB
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -33.22, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 33.22, 179.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0966 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.097 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8595, 41.5569, 44.9679)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDAB #BD5B6D

analogous

#5BBD7A #5BBDAB #5B9EBD

triadic

#5BBDAB #AB5BBD #BDAB5B

tetradic

#5BBDAB #7A5BBD #BD5B6D #9EBD5B

square

#5BBDAB #7A5BBD #BD5B6D #9EBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDAB #BD5B9E #BD7A5B

monochromatic

#2D7064 #3F9C8B #5BBDAB #87CFC1 #B2E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BBDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5BBDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDAB

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDAB	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1c4',
    500: '#5bbdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdab;
$custom-light: #91d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.98,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73411,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDAB

secondary

#CFA5AD

accent

#556CD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDAB

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

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