#5BB99E#5BB99E

#5BB99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.099 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB99E
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 14.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -34.49, 5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 34.88, 171.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0979 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.099 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8322, 39.3883, 38.4771)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB99E #B95B76

analogous

#5BB96F #5BB99E #5BA5B9

triadic

#5BB99E #9E5BB9 #B99E5B

tetradic

#5BB99E #6F5BB9 #B95B76 #A5B95B

square

#5BB99E #6F5BB9 #B95B76 #A5B95B

split-complementary

#5BB99E #B95BA5 #B96F5B

monochromatic

#2E6C5A #40977E #5BB99E #86CBB7 #B1DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#5BB99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB99E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB99E	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.099 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceba',
    500: '#5bb99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb99e;
$custom-light: #90ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.766,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72058,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB99E

secondary

#CCA4AF

accent

#587AD0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB99E

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

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