#5BBB99#5BBB99

#5BBB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBB99
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -36.57, 8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 37.57, 166.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1025 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.105 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8319, 40.0623, 36.3969)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBB99 #BB5B7D

analogous

#5BBB69 #5BBB99 #5BADBB

triadic

#5BBB99 #995BBB #BB995B

tetradic

#5BBB99 #695BBB #BB5B7D #ADBB5B

square

#5BBB99 #695BBB #BB5B7D #ADBB5B

split-complementary

#5BBB99 #BB5BAD #BB695B

monochromatic

#2E6E57 #409979 #5BBB99 #86CDB4 #B2DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BBB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#5BBB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBB99

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBB99	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0b7',
    500: '#5bbb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbb99;
$custom-light: #90d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7241,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBB99

secondary

#CDA5B3

accent

#5782D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBB99

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

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