#5BCABC#5BCABC

#5BCABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.104 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCABC
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -35.04, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 35.14, 184.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.1034 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.104 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5080, 48.0927, 55.0315)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCABC #CA5B69

analogous

#5BCA84 #5BCABC #5BA1CA

triadic

#5BCABC #BC5BCA #CABC5B

tetradic

#5BCABC #845BCA #CA5B69 #A1CA5B

square

#5BCABC #845BCA #CA5B69 #A1CA5B

split-complementary

#5BCABC #CA5BA1 #CA845B

monochromatic

#2A8176 #39AFA0 #5BCABC #89D9CF #B8E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5BCABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#5BCABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCABC

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCABC	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.104 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dad0',
    500: '#5bcabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcabc;
$custom-light: #93dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.432,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7706,
    "c": 0.10371,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCABC

secondary

#D7AAB0

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCABC

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

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