#5BBDAE#5BBDAE

#5BBDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDAE
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -32.47, -1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 32.50, 182.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0952 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.095 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1487, 41.6726, 46.4910)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDAE #BD5B6A

analogous

#5BBD7D #5BBDAE #5B9BBD

triadic

#5BBDAE #AE5BBD #BDAE5B

tetradic

#5BBDAE #7D5BBD #BD5B6A #9BBD5B

square

#5BBDAE #7D5BBD #BD5B6A #9BBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDAE #BD5B9B #BD7D5B

monochromatic

#2D7066 #3F9C8E #5BBDAE #87CFC4 #B2E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BBDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#5BBDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDAE

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDAE	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)

#B5B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1c6',
    500: '#5bbdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdae;
$custom-light: #91d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.816,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDAE

secondary

#CFA5AC

accent

#5569D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDAE

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

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