#5BBFAD#5BBFAD

#5BBFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBFAD
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -33.67, 0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 33.67, 179.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0979 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.098 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4847, 42.5001, 46.1239)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBFAD #BF5B6D

analogous

#5BBF7B #5BBFAD #5B9FBF

triadic

#5BBFAD #AD5BBF #BFAD5B

tetradic

#5BBFAD #7B5BBF #BF5B6D #9FBF5B

square

#5BBFAD #7B5BBF #BF5B6D #9FBF5B

split-complementary

#5BBFAD #BF5B9F #BF7B5B

monochromatic

#2D7366 #3E9F8D #5BBFAD #87D0C3 #B3E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5BBFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#5BBFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBFAD

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBFAD	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3c5',
    500: '#5bbfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbfad;
$custom-light: #91d3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBFAD

secondary

#D0A6AE

accent

#546BD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBFAD

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

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