#5B9D85#5B9D85

#5B9D85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.077 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9D85
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 133)
HSL	hsl(158, 27%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 42%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 15.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -26.87, 6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 27.53, 167.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0759 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.077 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6033, 28.0301, 26.5104)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9D85 #9D5B73

analogous

#5B9D64 #5B9D85 #5B949D

triadic

#5B9D85 #855B9D #9D855B

tetradic

#5B9D85 #645B9D #9D5B73 #949D5B

square

#5B9D85 #645B9D #9D5B73 #949D5B

split-complementary

#5B9D85 #9D5B94 #9D645B

monochromatic

#2E5043 #457664 #5B9D85 #80B5A2 #A7CCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5B9D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#5B9D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9D85

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9D85	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.077 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbaa8',
    500: '#5b9d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9d85;
$custom-light: #8dbaa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 26.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64474,
    "c": 0.07742,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9D85

secondary

#BA9AA6

accent

#6587C3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9D85

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

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