#5BB997#5BB997

#5BB997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB997
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -36.11, 8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 37.16, 166.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1011 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.104 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2468, 39.1541, 35.3938)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB997 #B95B7D

analogous

#5BB968 #5BB997 #5BACB9

triadic

#5BB997 #975BB9 #B9975B

tetradic

#5BB997 #685BB9 #B95B7D #ACB95B

square

#5BB997 #685BB9 #B95B7D #ACB95B

split-complementary

#5BB997 #B95BAC #B9685B

monochromatic

#2E6C55 #409777 #5BB997 #86CBB2 #B1DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5BB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#5BB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB997

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB997	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceb5',
    500: '#5bb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb997;
$custom-light: #90ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.298,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71865,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB997

secondary

#CCA4B2

accent

#5883D0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB997

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

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