#5BB09E#5BB09E

#5BB09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.087 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BB09E
RGBrgb(91, 176, 158)
HSLhsl(167, 35%, 52%)
HSVhsv(167, 48%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(48.3%, 0%, 10.2%, 31%)
CIE-LABlab(66.32, -30.22, 1.28)
CIE-LCHlch(66.32, 30.25, 177.57°)
OKLaboklab(69.86% -0.0874 0.0029)
OKLCHoklch(69.86% 0.088 178.1)
XYZxyz(26.0087, 35.7413, 37.8693)
Luminance0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BB09E #B05B6D
analogous
#5BB074 #5BB09E #5B98B0
triadic
#5BB09E #9E5BB0 #B09E5B
tetradic
#5BB09E #745BB0 #B05B6D #98B05B
square
#5BB09E #745BB0 #B05B6D #98B05B
split-complementary
#5BB09E #B05B98 #B0745B
monochromatic
#2F6257 #438B7C #5BB09E #84C4B6 #AED8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#5BB09E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15
#5BB09E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB09E
8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BB09E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BB09E1.002.588.158.15
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1521.001.001.00
##0000008.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAA79D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C9D9F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#36B2AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5bb09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.087 178.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8ba',
    500: '#5bb09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5bb09e;
$custom-light: #8fc8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5bb09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.294,
    "s": 34.979,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69864,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BB09E
secondary
#C6A1A9
accent
#5D74CB
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F1F8F6
border
#CBD1D0
text
#0D1311
muted
#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB09E

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#5BB09E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva