#5BB99D#5BB99D

#5BB99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.099 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB99D
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -34.72, 5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 35.19, 170.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0984 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.099 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7465, 39.3540, 38.0257)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB99D #B95B77

analogous

#5BB96E #5BB99D #5BA6B9

triadic

#5BB99D #9D5BB9 #B99D5B

tetradic

#5BB99D #6E5BB9 #B95B77 #A6B95B

square

#5BB99D #6E5BB9 #B95B77 #A6B95B

split-complementary

#5BB99D #B95BA6 #B96E5B

monochromatic

#2E6C59 #40977D #5BB99D #86CBB7 #B1DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#5BB99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB99D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB99D	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.099 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceb9',
    500: '#5bb99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb99d;
$custom-light: #90ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.128,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7203,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB99D

secondary

#CCA4B0

accent

#587CD0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB99D

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

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