#5BBB97#5BBB97

#5BBB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBB97
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -37.02, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 38.26, 165.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1034 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.106 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6681, 39.9968, 35.5343)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBB97 #BB5B7F

analogous

#5BBB67 #5BBB97 #5BAFBB

triadic

#5BBB97 #975BBB #BB975B

tetradic

#5BBB97 #675BBB #BB5B7F #AFBB5B

square

#5BBB97 #675BBB #BB5B7F #AFBB5B

split-complementary

#5BBB97 #BB5BAF #BB675B

monochromatic

#2E6E56 #409978 #5BBB97 #86CDB2 #B2DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BBB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#5BBB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBB97

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBB97	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0b5',
    500: '#5bbb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbb97;
$custom-light: #90d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBB97

secondary

#CDA5B4

accent

#5785D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBB97

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

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