#5BBEA5#5BBEA5

#5BBEA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.101 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBEA5
RGB	rgb(91, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -35.15, 3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 35.36, 173.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.1004 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.101 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5164, 41.7650, 42.0960)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBEA5 #BE5B74

analogous

#5BBE73 #5BBEA5 #5BA6BE

triadic

#5BBEA5 #A55BBE #BEA55B

tetradic

#5BBEA5 #735BBE #BE5B74 #A6BE5B

square

#5BBEA5 #735BBE #BE5B74 #A6BE5B

split-complementary

#5BBEA5 #BE5BA6 #BE735B

monochromatic

#2D7260 #3E9D85 #5BBEA5 #87CFBD #B3E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BBEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#5BBEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBEA5

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBEA5	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.101 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2bf',
    500: '#5bbea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbea5;
$custom-light: #91d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.848,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73476,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBEA5

secondary

#CFA6B0

accent

#5575D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBEA5

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

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