#5BC9BA#5BC9BA

#5BC9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9BA
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -35.09, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 35.14, 183.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.1032 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.103 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0601, 47.5393, 53.8259)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9BA #C95B6A

analogous

#5BC983 #5BC9BA #5BA1C9

triadic

#5BC9BA #BA5BC9 #C9BA5B

tetradic

#5BC9BA #835BC9 #C95B6A #A1C95B

square

#5BC9BA #835BC9 #C95B6A #A1C95B

split-complementary

#5BC9BA #C95BA1 #C9835B

monochromatic

#2A8074 #39AE9E #5BC9BA #89D8CD #B7E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5BC9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#5BC9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9BA

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9BA	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dace',
    500: '#5bc9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9ba;
$custom-light: #93dace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76758,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9BA

secondary

#D6AAB0

accent

#4E61DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9BA

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

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