#5BBC9D#5BBC9D

#5BBC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.103 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBC9D
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -36.11, 7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 36.79, 169.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.1018 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.103 170)
XYZ	xyz(28.3807, 40.6224, 38.2371)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBC9D #BC5B7A

analogous

#5BBC6D #5BBC9D #5BAABC

triadic

#5BBC9D #9D5BBC #BC9D5B

tetradic

#5BBC9D #6D5BBC #BC5B7A #AABC5B

square

#5BBC9D #6D5BBC #BC5B7A #AABC5B

split-complementary

#5BBC9D #BC5BAA #BC6D5B

monochromatic

#2D6F5A #3F9B7D #5BBC9D #86CEB7 #B2E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5BBC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#5BBC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBC9D

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBC9D	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.103 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0b9',
    500: '#5bbc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbc9d;
$custom-light: #90d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.825,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72763,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.40625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBC9D

secondary

#CEA5B2

accent

#567ED2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBC9D

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

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