#5BC9A3#5BC9A3

#5BC9A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9A3
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 163)
HSL	hsl(159, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 18.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -40.61, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 41.72, 166.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.1136 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.116 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8088, 46.6388, 41.9691)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9A3 #C95B81

analogous

#5BC96C #5BC9A3 #5BB8C9

triadic

#5BC9A3 #A35BC9 #C9A35B

tetradic

#5BC9A3 #6C5BC9 #C95B81 #B8C95B

square

#5BC9A3 #6C5BC9 #C95B81 #B8C95B

split-complementary

#5BC9A3 #C95BB8 #C96C5B

monochromatic

#2A8062 #39AE85 #5BC9A3 #89D8BD #B7E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#5BC9A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#5BC9A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9A3

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9A3	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BDA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dabe',
    500: '#5bc9a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9a3;
$custom-light: #92dabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76101,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9A3

secondary

#D6AAB9

accent

#4E7EDA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9A3

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

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