#5BB596#5BB596

#5BB596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB596
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -34.48, 7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 35.31, 167.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0969 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.099 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3409, 37.4717, 34.6929)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB596 #B55B7A

analogous

#5BB569 #5BB596 #5BA7B5

triadic

#5BB596 #965BB5 #B5965B

tetradic

#5BB596 #695BB5 #B55B7A #A7B55B

square

#5BB596 #695BB5 #B55B7A #A7B55B

split-complementary

#5BB596 #B55BA7 #B5695B

monochromatic

#2F6754 #429176 #5BB596 #85C8B1 #AFDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#5BB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB596

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB596	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)

#B1AB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbb4',
    500: '#5bb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb596;
$custom-light: #8fcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70856,
    "c": 0.09887,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB596

secondary

#C9A3B0

accent

#5A82CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB596

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

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