#5B9599#5B9599

#5B9599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.061 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9599
RGB	rgb(91, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(184, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -17.84, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 19.59, 204.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0568 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.061 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8095, 26.0175, 34.0561)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9599 #995F5B

analogous

#5B997E #5B9599 #5B7699

triadic

#5B9599 #995B95 #95995B

tetradic

#5B9599 #7E5B99 #995F5B #76995B

square

#5B9599 #7E5B99 #995F5B #76995B

split-complementary

#5B9599 #995B76 #997E5B

monochromatic

#2D4A4C #447073 #5B9599 #7FAFB3 #A5C7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#5B9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#5B9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9599

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9599	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#409996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.061 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db4b7',
    500: '#5b9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9599;
$custom-light: #8db4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63162,
    "c": 0.06097,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9599

secondary

#B79A98

accent

#6C66C2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9599

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →