#5BC8B3#5BC8B3

#5BC8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.105 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8B3
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 179)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -36.37, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 36.39, 178.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1052 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.105 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1017, 46.7842, 49.9249)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8B3 #C85B70

analogous

#5BC87C #5BC8B3 #5BA7C8

triadic

#5BC8B3 #B35BC8 #C8B35B

tetradic

#5BC8B3 #7C5BC8 #C85B70 #A7C85B

square

#5BC8B3 #7C5BC8 #C85B70 #A7C85B

split-complementary

#5BC8B3 #C85BA7 #C87C5B

monochromatic

#2A7E6E #3AAC96 #5BC8B3 #89D7C8 #B7E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#5BC8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#5BC8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8B3

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8B3	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.105 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9c9',
    500: '#5bc8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8b3;
$custom-light: #92d9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.44,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76306,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8B3

secondary

#D6A9B2

accent

#4F69D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8B3

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

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