#5BC8A6#5BC8A6

#5BC8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8A6
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(161, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -39.48, 7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 40.20, 169.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.1111 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.113 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8484, 46.2829, 43.3241)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8A6 #C85B7D

analogous

#5BC86F #5BC8A6 #5BB4C8

triadic

#5BC8A6 #A65BC8 #C8A65B

tetradic

#5BC8A6 #6F5BC8 #C85B7D #B4C85B

square

#5BC8A6 #6F5BC8 #C85B7D #B4C85B

split-complementary

#5BC8A6 #C85BB4 #C86F5B

monochromatic

#2A7E64 #3AAC88 #5BC8A6 #89D7BF #B7E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#5BC8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#5BC8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8A6

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8A6	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9c0',
    500: '#5bc8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8a6;
$custom-light: #92d9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.284,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75937,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8A6

secondary

#D6A9B7

accent

#4F7AD9

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8A6

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

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