#5BC5AB#5BC5AB

#5BC5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.106 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5AB
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 13.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -36.94, 3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 37.13, 174.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.1055 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.106 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6280, 45.0940, 45.5574)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5AB #C55B75

analogous

#5BC576 #5BC5AB #5BAAC5

triadic

#5BC5AB #AB5BC5 #C5AB5B

tetradic

#5BC5AB #765BC5 #C55B75 #AAC55B

square

#5BC5AB #765BC5 #C55B75 #AAC55B

split-complementary

#5BC5AB #C55BAA #C5765B

monochromatic

#2B7A67 #3BA88D #5BC5AB #88D5C2 #B5E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#5BC5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#5BC5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5AB

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5AB	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.106 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d7c4',
    500: '#5bc5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5ab;
$custom-light: #92d7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.283,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5AB

secondary

#D4A8B3

accent

#5072D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0E1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5AB

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

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