#5BB99C#5BB99C

#5BB99C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB99C
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 15.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -34.96, 6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 35.51, 169.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0988 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.1 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6614, 39.3200, 37.5779)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB99C #B95B78

analogous

#5BB96D #5BB99C #5BA7B9

triadic

#5BB99C #9C5BB9 #B99C5B

tetradic

#5BB99C #6D5BB9 #B95B78 #A7B95B

square

#5BB99C #6D5BB9 #B95B78 #A7B95B

split-complementary

#5BB99C #B95BA7 #B96D5B

monochromatic

#2E6C59 #40977C #5BB99C #86CBB6 #B1DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#5BB99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB99C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB99C	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)

#B4AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceb9',
    500: '#5bb99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb99c;
$custom-light: #90ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.489,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72002,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB99C

secondary

#CCA4B0

accent

#587DD0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB99C

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

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