#5CB4A6#5CB4A6

#5CB4A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.088 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB4A6
RGB	rgb(92, 180, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 7.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -29.94, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 29.96, 181.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0878 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.088 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6150, 37.6686, 41.8845)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB4A6 #B45C6A

analogous

#5CB47A #5CB4A6 #5C96B4

triadic

#5CB4A6 #A65CB4 #B4A65C

tetradic

#5CB4A6 #7A5CB4 #B45C6A #96B45C

square

#5CB4A6 #7A5CB4 #B45C6A #96B45C

split-complementary

#5CB4A6 #B45C96 #B47A5C

monochromatic

#2F665E #429084 #5CB4A6 #86C7BD #B0DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5CB4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#5CB4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB4A6

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB4A6	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 180, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.088 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc0',
    500: '#5cb4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb4a6;
$custom-light: #90cbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 36.975,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71121,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB4A6

secondary

#C9A3A9

accent

#5B6DCD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB4A6

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

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