#5B9971#5B9971

#5B9971 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.089 H 154.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9971
RGB	rgb(91, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(141, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(141, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 26.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -29.20, 14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 32.77, 153.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0802 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.089 154.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6850, 26.1977, 19.6917)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9971 #995B83

analogous

#64995B #5B9971 #5B9990

triadic

#5B9971 #715B99 #99715B

tetradic

#5B9971 #5B6499 #995B83 #99905B

square

#5B9971 #5B6499 #995B83 #99905B

split-complementary

#5B9971 #905B99 #995B64

monochromatic

#2D4C38 #447355 #5B9971 #7FB391 #A5C9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#5B9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#5B9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9971

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9971	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99906F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.089 154.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb79a',
    500: '#5b9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9971;
$custom-light: #8cb79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.29,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62953,
    "c": 0.08871,
    "h": 154.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9971

secondary

#B798AC

accent

#66A1C2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9971

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

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