#5BB599#5BB599

#5BB599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB599
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -33.79, 6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 34.33, 169.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0956 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.097 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5855, 37.5696, 35.9815)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB599 #B55B77

analogous

#5BB56C #5BB599 #5BA4B5

triadic

#5BB599 #995BB5 #B5995B

tetradic

#5BB599 #6C5BB5 #B55B77 #A4B55B

square

#5BB599 #6C5BB5 #B55B77 #A4B55B

split-complementary

#5BB599 #B55BA4 #B56C5B

monochromatic

#2F6755 #429178 #5BB599 #85C8B3 #AFDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5BB599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#5BB599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB599

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB599	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)

#B1AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbb7',
    500: '#5bb599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb599;
$custom-light: #8fcbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70939,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB599

secondary

#C9A3AF

accent

#5A7ECE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB599

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

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