#5BC9AA#5BC9AA

#5BC9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9AA
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 170)
HSL	hsl(163, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 15.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -38.99, 6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 39.45, 171.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.1104 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.111 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4534, 46.8967, 45.3641)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9AA #C95B7A

analogous

#5BC973 #5BC9AA #5BB1C9

triadic

#5BC9AA #AA5BC9 #C9AA5B

tetradic

#5BC9AA #735BC9 #C95B7A #B1C95B

square

#5BC9AA #735BC9 #C95B7A #B1C95B

split-complementary

#5BC9AA #C95BB1 #C9735B

monochromatic

#2A8067 #39AE8D #5BC9AA #89D8C2 #B7E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5BC9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#5BC9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9AA

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9AA	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dac3',
    500: '#5bc9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9aa;
$custom-light: #92dac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7629,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9AA

secondary

#D6AAB6

accent

#4E75DA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF7

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9AA

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

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