#5BB995#5BB995

#5BB995 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.105 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB995
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 149)
HSL	hsl(157, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 19.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -36.56, 9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 37.85, 164.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.102 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.105 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0857, 39.0897, 34.5457)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB995 #B95B7F

analogous

#5BB966 #5BB995 #5BAEB9

triadic

#5BB995 #955BB9 #B9955B

tetradic

#5BB995 #665BB9 #B95B7F #AEB95B

square

#5BB995 #665BB9 #B95B7F #AEB95B

split-complementary

#5BB995 #B95BAE #B9665B

monochromatic

#2E6C54 #409775 #5BB995 #86CBB1 #B1DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5BB995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5BB995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB995

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB995	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.105 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceb4',
    500: '#5bb995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb995;
$custom-light: #90ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.021,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71812,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB995

secondary

#CCA4B3

accent

#5886D0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB995

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

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