#5BCAC5#5BCAC5

#5BCAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.101 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAC5
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 197)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -32.71, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 33.48, 192.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0995 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.101 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5086, 48.4930, 60.3013)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAC5 #CA5B60

analogous

#5BCA8D #5BCAC5 #5B98CA

triadic

#5BCAC5 #C55BCA #CAC55B

tetradic

#5BCAC5 #8D5BCA #CA5B60 #98CA5B

square

#5BCAC5 #8D5BCA #CA5B60 #98CA5B

split-complementary

#5BCAC5 #CA5B98 #CA8D5B

monochromatic

#2A817D #39AFAA #5BCAC5 #89D9D5 #B8E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BCAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#5BCAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAC5

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAC5	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.101 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dad6',
    500: '#5bcac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcac5;
$custom-light: #94dad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.297,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77346,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAC5

secondary

#D7AAAC

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAC5

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

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