#5BCAB5#5BCAB5

#5BCAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.107 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAB5
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 10.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -36.80, 0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 36.81, 178.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.1065 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.107 179)
XYZ	xyz(33.7717, 47.7982, 51.1533)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAB5 #CA5B70

analogous

#5BCA7E #5BCAB5 #5BA7CA

triadic

#5BCAB5 #B55BCA #CAB55B

tetradic

#5BCAB5 #7E5BCA #CA5B70 #A7CA5B

square

#5BCAB5 #7E5BCA #CA5B70 #A7CA5B

split-complementary

#5BCAB5 #CA5BA7 #CA7E5B

monochromatic

#2A8170 #39AF99 #5BCAB5 #89D9CA #B8E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BCAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#5BCAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAB5

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAB5	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BCDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.107 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dacb',
    500: '#5bcab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcab5;
$custom-light: #93dacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.649,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76847,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.47801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAB5

secondary

#D7AAB2

accent

#4D68DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAB5

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

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