#5B9D89#5B9D89

#5B9D89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.075 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9D89
RGB	rgb(91, 157, 137)
HSL	hsl(162, 27%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 42%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 12.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -25.94, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 26.23, 171.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.074 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.075 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8849, 28.1428, 27.9936)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9D89 #9D5B6F

analogous

#5B9D68 #5B9D89 #5B909D

triadic

#5B9D89 #895B9D #9D895B

tetradic

#5B9D89 #685B9D #9D5B6F #909D5B

square

#5B9D89 #685B9D #9D5B6F #909D5B

split-complementary

#5B9D89 #9D5B90 #9D685B

monochromatic

#2E5045 #457667 #5B9D89 #80B5A5 #A7CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#5B9D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#5B9D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9D89

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9D89	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#469E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 157, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.075 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbaab',
    500: '#5b9d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9d89;
$custom-light: #8dbaab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.818,
    "s": 26.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64589,
    "c": 0.07468,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9D89

secondary

#BA9AA4

accent

#6581C3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9D89

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

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