#5BBC95#5BBC95

#5BBC95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBC95
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 149)
HSL	hsl(156, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -37.92, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 39.51, 163.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1055 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.109 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7199, 40.3581, 34.7571)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBC95 #BC5B82

analogous

#5BBC65 #5BBC95 #5BB3BC

triadic

#5BBC95 #955BBC #BC955B

tetradic

#5BBC95 #655BBC #BC5B82 #B3BC5B

square

#5BBC95 #655BBC #BC5B82 #B3BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBC95 #BC5BB3 #BC655B

monochromatic

#2D6F55 #3F9B76 #5BBC95 #86CEB1 #B2E0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5BBC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#5BBC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBC95

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBC95	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbc95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1b4',
    500: '#5bbc95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbc95;
$custom-light: #90d1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbc95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.876,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7255,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBC95

secondary

#CEA5B5

accent

#5688D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBC95

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

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