#5BB591#5BB591

#5BB591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.103 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB591
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 145)
HSL	hsl(156, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(156, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 19.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -35.61, 10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 37.03, 164.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0992 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.103 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9468, 37.3141, 32.6176)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB591 #B55B7F

analogous

#5BB564 #5BB591 #5BACB5

triadic

#5BB591 #915BB5 #B5915B

tetradic

#5BB591 #645BB5 #B55B7F #ACB55B

square

#5BB591 #645BB5 #B55B7F #ACB55B

split-complementary

#5BB591 #B55BAC #B5645B

monochromatic

#2F6750 #429171 #5BB591 #85C8AD #AFDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5BB591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#5BB591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB591

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB591	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AA8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.103 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbb1',
    500: '#5bb591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb591;
$custom-light: #8fcbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70722,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB591

secondary

#C9A3B2

accent

#5A88CE

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0D1310

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB591

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

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