#5BA59B#5BA59B

#5BA59B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.076 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA59B
RGB	rgb(91, 165, 155)
HSL	hsl(172, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 0%, 6.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -25.57, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 25.65, 184.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0757 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.076 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6836, 31.4991, 35.8359)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA59B #A55B65

analogous

#5BA576 #5BA59B #5B8AA5

triadic

#5BA59B #9B5BA5 #A59B5B

tetradic

#5BA59B #765BA5 #A55B65 #8AA55B

square

#5BA59B #765BA5 #A55B65 #8AA55B

split-complementary

#5BA59B #A55B8A #A5765B

monochromatic

#2F5651 #457E76 #5BA59B #83BBB3 #AAD0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#5BA59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#5BA59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA59B

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA59B	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9E9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 165, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.076 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0b8',
    500: '#5ba59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba59b;
$custom-light: #8ec0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.892,
    "s": 29.134,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67096,
    "c": 0.07591,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA59B

secondary

#BE9DA2

accent

#6270C5

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA59B

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

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