#5BC4B2#5BC4B2

#5BC4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.101 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4B2
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 178)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -34.77, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 34.77, 180.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.1013 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.101 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0867, 44.9154, 49.0895)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4B2 #C45B6D

analogous

#5BC47E #5BC4B2 #5BA2C4

triadic

#5BC4B2 #B25BC4 #C4B25B

tetradic

#5BC4B2 #7E5BC4 #C45B6D #A2C45B

square

#5BC4B2 #7E5BC4 #C45B6D #A2C45B

split-complementary

#5BC4B2 #C45BA2 #C47E5B

monochromatic

#2C796C #3CA694 #5BC4B2 #88D4C7 #B5E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#5BC4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#5BC4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4B2

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4B2	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.101 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6c9',
    500: '#5bc4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4b2;
$custom-light: #92d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75312,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4B2

secondary

#D3A8AF

accent

#5168D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4B2

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

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