#5CB8A9#5CB8A9

#5CB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.091 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB8A9
RGB	rgb(92, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 50%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -31.12, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 31.13, 181.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0911 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.091 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7125, 39.4184, 43.6238)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB8A9 #B85C6B

analogous

#5CB87B #5CB8A9 #5C99B8

triadic

#5CB8A9 #A95CB8 #B8A95C

tetradic

#5CB8A9 #7B5CB8 #B85C6B #99B85C

square

#5CB8A9 #7B5CB8 #B85C6B #99B85C

split-complementary

#5CB8A9 #B85C99 #B87B5C

monochromatic

#2F6B61 #419688 #5CB8A9 #87CBBF #B1DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5CB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#5CB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB8A9

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB8A9	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.091 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdc2',
    500: '#5cb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb8a9;
$custom-light: #91cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.217,
    "s": 39.316,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7218,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB8A9

secondary

#CBA4AB

accent

#596CCF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB8A9

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

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