#5BC9AB#5BC9AB

#5BC9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9AB
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 171)
HSL	hsl(164, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 14.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -38.76, 5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 39.15, 171.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.1099 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.111 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5484, 46.9347, 45.8642)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9AB #C95B79

analogous

#5BC974 #5BC9AB #5BB0C9

triadic

#5BC9AB #AB5BC9 #C9AB5B

tetradic

#5BC9AB #745BC9 #C95B79 #B0C95B

square

#5BC9AB #745BC9 #C95B79 #B0C95B

split-complementary

#5BC9AB #C95BB0 #C9745B

monochromatic

#2A8068 #39AE8E #5BC9AB #89D8C3 #B7E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5BC9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#5BC9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9AB

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9AB	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dac4',
    500: '#5bc9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9ab;
$custom-light: #92dac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9AB

secondary

#D6AAB6

accent

#4E74DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9AB

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

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