#5BB495#5BB495

#5BB495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB495
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(159, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -34.25, 7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 35.10, 167.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0962 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.098 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0581, 37.0344, 34.2031)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB495 #B45B7A

analogous

#5BB468 #5BB495 #5BA6B4

triadic

#5BB495 #955BB4 #B4955B

tetradic

#5BB495 #685BB4 #B45B7A #A6B45B

square

#5BB495 #685BB4 #B45B7A #A6B45B

split-complementary

#5BB495 #B45BA6 #B4685B

monochromatic

#2F6653 #429075 #5BB495 #85C7B0 #AFDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BB495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#5BB495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB495

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB495	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbb4',
    500: '#5bb495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb495;
$custom-light: #8fcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.101,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70583,
    "c": 0.09823,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB495

secondary

#C9A2B0

accent

#5B83CD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB495

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

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