#5BC8A9#5BC8A9

#5BC8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.111 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8A9
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(163, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -38.78, 6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 39.25, 171.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.1097 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.111 172)
XYZ	xyz(32.1268, 46.3943, 44.7904)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8A9 #C85B7A

analogous

#5BC873 #5BC8A9 #5BB1C8

triadic

#5BC8A9 #A95BC8 #C8A95B

tetradic

#5BC8A9 #735BC8 #C85B7A #B1C85B

square

#5BC8A9 #735BC8 #C85B7A #B1C85B

split-complementary

#5BC8A9 #C85BB1 #C8735B

monochromatic

#2A7E66 #3AAC8C #5BC8A9 #89D7C1 #B7E7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#5BC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8A9

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8A9	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.111 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9c2',
    500: '#5bc8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8a9;
$custom-light: #92d9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.936,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76019,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.46397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8A9

secondary

#D6A9B6

accent

#4F76D9

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8A9

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

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