#5BB99A#5BB99A

#5BB99A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB99A
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 154)
HSL	hsl(160, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -35.42, 7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 36.16, 168.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0997 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.101 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4935, 39.2528, 36.6933)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB99A #B95B7A

analogous

#5BB96B #5BB99A #5BA9B9

triadic

#5BB99A #9A5BB9 #B99A5B

tetradic

#5BB99A #6B5BB9 #B95B7A #A9B95B

square

#5BB99A #6B5BB9 #B95B7A #A9B95B

split-complementary

#5BB99A #B95BA9 #B96B5B

monochromatic

#2E6C57 #40977A #5BB99A #86CBB4 #B1DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#5BB99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB99A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB99A	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceb7',
    500: '#5bb99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb99a;
$custom-light: #90ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.213,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71947,
    "c": 0.10144,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB99A

secondary

#CCA4B1

accent

#587FD0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB99A

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

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