#5CB2AC#5CB2AC

#5CB2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.084 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB2AC
RGB	rgb(92, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 48%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -27.44, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 27.89, 190.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0828 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.084 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7774, 37.0923, 44.7175)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB2AC #B25C62

analogous

#5CB281 #5CB2AC #5C8DB2

triadic

#5CB2AC #AC5CB2 #B2AC5C

tetradic

#5CB2AC #815CB2 #B25C62 #8DB25C

square

#5CB2AC #815CB2 #B25C62 #8DB25C

split-complementary

#5CB2AC #B25C8D #B2815C

monochromatic

#2F6461 #438E89 #5CB2AC #86C6C1 #AFD9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#5CB2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#5CB2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB2AC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB2AC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.084 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9c4',
    500: '#5cb2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb2ac;
$custom-light: #90c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 35.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7083,
    "c": 0.08399,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB2AC

secondary

#C7A2A5

accent

#5C64CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB2AC

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

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