#5BBD9D#5BBD9D

#5BBD9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBD9D
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(160, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -36.57, 7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 37.32, 168.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.1029 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.105 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5950, 41.0511, 38.3085)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBD9D #BD5B7B

analogous

#5BBD6C #5BBD9D #5BACBD

triadic

#5BBD9D #9D5BBD #BD9D5B

tetradic

#5BBD9D #6C5BBD #BD5B7B #ACBD5B

square

#5BBD9D #6C5BBD #BD5B7B #ACBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBD9D #BD5BAC #BD6C5B

monochromatic

#2D705A #3F9C7E #5BBD9D #87CFB7 #B2E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BBD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#5BBD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBD9D

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBD9D	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1b9',
    500: '#5bbd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbd9d;
$custom-light: #90d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.408,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73008,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBD9D

secondary

#CFA5B3

accent

#557ED2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBD9D

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

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