#5BBD99#5BBD99

#5BBD99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.108 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBD99
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -37.48, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 38.66, 165.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.1047 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.108 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2591, 40.9168, 36.5394)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBD99 #BD5B7F

analogous

#5BBD68 #5BBD99 #5BB0BD

triadic

#5BBD99 #995BBD #BD995B

tetradic

#5BBD99 #685BBD #BD5B7F #B0BD5B

square

#5BBD99 #685BBD #BD5B7F #B0BD5B

split-complementary

#5BBD99 #BD5BB0 #BD685B

monochromatic

#2D7058 #3F9C7A #5BBD99 #87CFB4 #B2E0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BBD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#5BBD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBD99

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBD99	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.108 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1b7',
    500: '#5bbd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbd99;
$custom-light: #90d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.959,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBD99

secondary

#CFA5B4

accent

#5583D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBD99

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

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