#5B9D87#5B9D87

#5B9D87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.076 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B9D87
RGBrgb(91, 157, 135)
HSLhsl(160, 27%, 49%)
HSVhsv(160, 42%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(42%, 0%, 14%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(59.97, -26.41, 4.95)
CIE-LCHlch(59.97, 26.87, 169.39°)
OKLaboklab(64.53% -0.0749 0.0127)
OKLCHoklch(64.53% 0.076 170.4)
XYZxyz(20.7428, 28.0859, 27.2451)
Luminance0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B9D87 #9D5B71
analogous
#5B9D66 #5B9D87 #5B929D
triadic
#5B9D87 #875B9D #9D875B
tetradic
#5B9D87 #665B9D #9D5B71 #929D5B
square
#5B9D87 #665B9D #9D5B71 #929D5B
split-complementary
#5B9D87 #9D5B92 #9D665B
monochromatic
#2E5044 #457666 #5B9D87 #80B5A4 #A7CCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17
#5B9D87 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62
#5B9D87 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9D87
6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B9D87#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5B9D871.003.176.626.62
#FFFFFF3.171.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6221.001.001.00
##0000006.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A9586
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8F8D88
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#479E97
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b9d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.076 170.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbaaa',
    500: '#5b9d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b9d87;
$custom-light: #8dbaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b9d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 26.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64531,
    "c": 0.076,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B9D87
secondary
#BA9AA5
accent
#6584C3
background
#F8FBFA
surface
#F0F6F4
border
#CBD0CE
text
#0C1110
muted
#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9D87

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#5B9D87 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva