#5BBD97#5BBD97

#5BBD97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBD97
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(157, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -37.93, 10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 39.36, 164.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1057 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.109 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0953, 40.8513, 35.6767)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBD97 #BD5B81

analogous

#5BBD66 #5BBD97 #5BB2BD

triadic

#5BBD97 #975BBD #BD975B

tetradic

#5BBD97 #665BBD #BD5B81 #B2BD5B

square

#5BBD97 #665BBD #BD5B81 #B2BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBD97 #BD5BB2 #BD665B

monochromatic

#2D7056 #3F9C78 #5BBD97 #87CFB3 #B2E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BBD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5BBD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBD97

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBD97	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1b5',
    500: '#5bbd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbd97;
$custom-light: #90d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.735,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72848,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBD97

secondary

#CFA5B5

accent

#5586D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBD97

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

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