#5BC9AE#5BC9AE

#5BC9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.109 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9AE
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -38.04, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 38.25, 174.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.1086 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.109 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8376, 47.0503, 47.3873)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9AE #C95B76

analogous

#5BC977 #5BC9AE #5BADC9

triadic

#5BC9AE #AE5BC9 #C9AE5B

tetradic

#5BC9AE #775BC9 #C95B76 #ADC95B

square

#5BC9AE #775BC9 #C95B76 #ADC95B

split-complementary

#5BC9AE #C95BAD #C9775B

monochromatic

#2A806B #39AE91 #5BC9AE #89D8C5 #B7E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5BC9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#5BC9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9AE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9AE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.109 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dac6',
    500: '#5bc9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9ae;
$custom-light: #92dac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76402,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9AE

secondary

#D6AAB5

accent

#4E70DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9AE

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

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