#5BB899#5BB899

#5BB899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB899
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -35.19, 7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 35.95, 168.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.099 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.101 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2021, 38.8027, 36.1870)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB899 #B85B7A

analogous

#5BB86B #5BB899 #5BA9B8

triadic

#5BB899 #995BB8 #B8995B

tetradic

#5BB899 #6B5BB8 #B85B7A #A9B85B

square

#5BB899 #6B5BB8 #B85B7A #A9B85B

split-complementary

#5BB899 #B85BA9 #B86B5B

monochromatic

#2E6A56 #419579 #5BB899 #86CAB4 #B0DDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5BB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#5BB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB899

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB899	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceb7',
    500: '#5bb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb899;
$custom-light: #90ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71674,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB899

secondary

#CBA4B1

accent

#5880CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB899

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

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