#5BB399#5BB399

#5BB399 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.094 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB399
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 0%, 14.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -32.85, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 33.26, 171.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0932 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.094 172)
XYZ	xyz(26.1818, 36.7621, 35.8469)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB399 #B35B75

analogous

#5BB36D #5BB399 #5BA1B3

triadic

#5BB399 #995BB3 #B3995B

tetradic

#5BB399 #6D5BB3 #B35B75 #A1B35B

square

#5BB399 #6D5BB3 #B35B75 #A1B35B

split-complementary

#5BB399 #B35BA1 #B36D5B

monochromatic

#2F6555 #428F78 #5BB399 #85C6B3 #AFDACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#5BB399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#5BB399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB399

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB399	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.094 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcab7',
    500: '#5bb399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb399;
$custom-light: #8fcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.273,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7045,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.36764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB399

secondary

#C8A2AD

accent

#5B7DCD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB399

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

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