#5BB598#5BB598

#5BB598 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB598
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 152)
HSL	hsl(161, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 16%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -34.02, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 34.65, 169.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.096 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.097 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5033, 37.5367, 35.5483)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB598 #B55B78

analogous

#5BB56B #5BB598 #5BA5B5

triadic

#5BB598 #985BB5 #B5985B

tetradic

#5BB598 #6B5BB5 #B55B78 #A5B55B

square

#5BB598 #6B5BB5 #B55B78 #A5B55B

split-complementary

#5BB598 #B55BA5 #B56B5B

monochromatic

#2F6755 #429178 #5BB598 #85C8B2 #AFDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BB598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#5BB598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB598

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB598	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbb6',
    500: '#5bb598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb598;
$custom-light: #8fcbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB598

secondary

#C9A3AF

accent

#5A7FCE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB598

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

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