#5B9F97#5B9F97

#5B9F97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.071 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9F97
RGB	rgb(91, 159, 151)
HSL	hsl(173, 27%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -23.55, -2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 23.69, 186.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0701 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.071 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2963, 29.2531, 33.7437)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9F97 #9F5B63

analogous

#5B9F75 #5B9F97 #5B859F

triadic

#5B9F97 #975B9F #9F975B

tetradic

#5B9F97 #755B9F #9F5B63 #859F5B

square

#5B9F97 #755B9F #9F5B63 #859F5B

split-complementary

#5B9F97 #9F5B85 #9F755B

monochromatic

#2E514D #457872 #5B9F97 #81B7B0 #A7CDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#5B9F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#5B9F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9F97

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9F97	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 159, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.071 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbbb5',
    500: '#5b9f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9f97;
$custom-light: #8dbbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 27.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65511,
    "c": 0.07053,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9F97

secondary

#BB9B9F

accent

#646FC4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9F97

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

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