#5BB595#5BB595

#5BB595 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.100 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB595
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 149)
HSL	hsl(159, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 17.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -34.71, 8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 35.65, 166.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0974 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.1 168)
XYZ	xyz(26.2607, 37.4396, 34.2707)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB595 #B55B7B

analogous

#5BB568 #5BB595 #5BA8B5

triadic

#5BB595 #955BB5 #B5955B

tetradic

#5BB595 #685BB5 #B55B7B #A8B55B

square

#5BB595 #685BB5 #B55B7B #A8B55B

split-complementary

#5BB595 #B55BA8 #B5685B

monochromatic

#2F6753 #429175 #5BB595 #85C8B0 #AFDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BB595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#5BB595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB595

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB595	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.100 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbb4',
    500: '#5bb595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb595;
$custom-light: #8fcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70829,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.37442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB595

secondary

#C9A3B0

accent

#5A83CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB595

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →