#5BBC99#5BBC99

#5BBC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBC99
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -37.03, 9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 38.12, 166.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1036 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.106 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0448, 40.4881, 36.4679)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBC99 #BC5B7E

analogous

#5BBC69 #5BBC99 #5BAEBC

triadic

#5BBC99 #995BBC #BC995B

tetradic

#5BBC99 #695BBC #BC5B7E #AEBC5B

square

#5BBC99 #695BBC #BC5B7E #AEBC5B

split-complementary

#5BBC99 #BC5BAE #BC695B

monochromatic

#2D6F57 #3F9B7A #5BBC99 #86CEB4 #B2E0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5BBC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#5BBC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBC99

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBC99	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0b7',
    500: '#5bbc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbc99;
$custom-light: #90d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.351,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBC99

secondary

#CEA5B4

accent

#5683D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBC99

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

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