#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
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 135)
HSL	hsl(160, 27%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(160, 42%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 14%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -26.41, 4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 26.87, 169.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0749 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.076 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7428, 28.0859, 27.2451)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##5B9D87	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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