#5BBC97#5BBC97

#5BBC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBC97
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(157, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -37.48, 10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 38.81, 164.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.1045 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.108 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8810, 40.4225, 35.6052)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBC97 #BC5B80

analogous

#5BBC67 #5BBC97 #5BB1BC

triadic

#5BBC97 #975BBC #BC975B

tetradic

#5BBC97 #675BBC #BC5B80 #B1BC5B

square

#5BBC97 #675BBC #BC5B80 #B1BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBC97 #BC5BB1 #BC675B

monochromatic

#2D6F56 #3F9B78 #5BBC97 #86CEB3 #B2E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5BBC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#5BBC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBC97

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBC97	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1b5',
    500: '#5bbc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbc97;
$custom-light: #90d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.113,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBC97

secondary

#CEA5B5

accent

#5685D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBC97

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

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