#5B9E8D#5B9E8D

#5B9E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.074 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9E8D
RGB	rgb(91, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(165, 27%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 42%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -25.50, 2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 25.59, 175.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0734 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.074 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3471, 28.5994, 29.5895)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9E8D #9E5B6C

analogous

#5B9E6C #5B9E8D #5B8E9E

triadic

#5B9E8D #8D5B9E #9E8D5B

tetradic

#5B9E8D #6C5B9E #9E5B6C #8E9E5B

square

#5B9E8D #6C5B9E #9E5B6C #8E9E5B

split-complementary

#5B9E8D #9E5B8E #9E6C5B

monochromatic

#2E5048 #45776A #5B9E8D #80B6A8 #A7CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#5B9E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#5B9E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9E8D

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9E8D	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.074 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbbae',
    500: '#5b9e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9e8d;
$custom-light: #8dbbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.776,
    "s": 26.908,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64954,
    "c": 0.07364,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9E8D

secondary

#BA9AA3

accent

#657DC3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9E8D

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

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