#5BBDAD#5BBDAD

#5BBDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.096 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDAD
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -32.72, -0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 32.73, 181.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0957 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.096 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0516, 41.6338, 45.9795)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDAD #BD5B6B

analogous

#5BBD7C #5BBDAD #5B9CBD

triadic

#5BBDAD #AD5BBD #BDAD5B

tetradic

#5BBDAD #7C5BBD #BD5B6B #9CBD5B

square

#5BBDAD #7C5BBD #BD5B6B #9CBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDAD #BD5B9C #BD7C5B

monochromatic

#2D7065 #3F9C8D #5BBDAD #87CFC3 #B2E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#5BBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDAD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDAD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.096 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1c5',
    500: '#5bbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdad;
$custom-light: #91d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.204,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73472,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDAD

secondary

#CFA5AC

accent

#556AD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDAD

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

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