#5BB496#5BB496

#5BB496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB496
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -34.02, 7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 34.76, 168.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0958 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.098 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1383, 37.0665, 34.6254)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB496 #B45B79

analogous

#5BB469 #5BB496 #5BA5B4

triadic

#5BB496 #965BB4 #B4965B

tetradic

#5BB496 #695BB4 #B45B79 #A5B45B

square

#5BB496 #695BB4 #B45B79 #A5B45B

split-complementary

#5BB496 #B45BA5 #B4695B

monochromatic

#2F6653 #429076 #5BB496 #85C7B1 #AFDACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#5BB496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#5BB496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB496

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB496	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)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbb4',
    500: '#5bb496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb496;
$custom-light: #8fcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.775,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70611,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB496

secondary

#C9A2AF

accent

#5B81CD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB496

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

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