#5BBFA6#5BBFA6

#5BBFA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.102 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBFA6
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 166)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -35.37, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 35.57, 173.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.1011 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.102 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8251, 42.2362, 42.6497)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBFA6 #BF5B74

analogous

#5BBF74 #5BBFA6 #5BA6BF

triadic

#5BBFA6 #A65BBF #BFA65B

tetradic

#5BBFA6 #745BBF #BF5B74 #A6BF5B

square

#5BBFA6 #745BBF #BF5B74 #A6BF5B

split-complementary

#5BBFA6 #BF5BA6 #BF745B

monochromatic

#2D7361 #3E9F87 #5BBFA6 #87D0BE #B3E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#5BBFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBFA6

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBFA6	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.102 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3c0',
    500: '#5bbfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbfa6;
$custom-light: #91d3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73748,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBFA6

secondary

#D0A6B0

accent

#5474D4

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBFA6

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

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