#5BBFA8#5BBFA8

#5BBFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.100 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBFA8
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(166, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -34.89, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 35.00, 175.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.1002 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.1 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0100, 42.3102, 43.6234)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBFA8 #BF5B72

analogous

#5BBF76 #5BBFA8 #5BA4BF

triadic

#5BBFA8 #A85BBF #BFA85B

tetradic

#5BBFA8 #765BBF #BF5B72 #A4BF5B

square

#5BBFA8 #765BBF #BF5B72 #A4BF5B

split-complementary

#5BBFA8 #BF5BA4 #BF765B

monochromatic

#2D7363 #3E9F89 #5BBFA8 #87D0BF #B3E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5BBFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#5BBFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBFA8

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBFA8	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.100 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3c1',
    500: '#5bbfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbfa8;
$custom-light: #91d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73806,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBFA8

secondary

#D0A6B0

accent

#5472D4

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBFA8

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

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