#5BB99B#5BB99B

#5BB99B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB99B
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 155)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 16.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -35.19, 6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 35.83, 169.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0993 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.101 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5771, 39.2863, 37.1338)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB99B #B95B79

analogous

#5BB96C #5BB99B #5BA8B9

triadic

#5BB99B #9B5BB9 #B99B5B

tetradic

#5BB99B #6C5BB9 #B95B79 #A8B95B

square

#5BB99B #6C5BB9 #B95B79 #A8B95B

split-complementary

#5BB99B #B95BA8 #B96C5B

monochromatic

#2E6C58 #40977B #5BB99B #86CBB5 #B1DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#5BB99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB99B

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB99B	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceb8',
    500: '#5bb99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb99b;
$custom-light: #90ceb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.851,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB99B

secondary

#CCA4B1

accent

#587ED0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB99B

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

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