#5BBF9C#5BBF9C

#5BBF9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBF9C
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 156)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -37.71, 8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 38.73, 166.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1056 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.108 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9432, 41.8835, 38.0051)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBF9C #BF5B7E

analogous

#5BBF6A #5BBF9C #5BB0BF

triadic

#5BBF9C #9C5BBF #BF9C5B

tetradic

#5BBF9C #6A5BBF #BF5B7E #B0BF5B

square

#5BBF9C #6A5BBF #BF5B7E #B0BF5B

split-complementary

#5BBF9C #BF5BB0 #BF6A5B

monochromatic

#2D735A #3E9F7D #5BBF9C #87D0B7 #B3E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#5BBF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBF9C

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBF9C	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbf9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3b9',
    500: '#5bbf9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbf9c;
$custom-light: #91d3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbf9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7347,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBF9C

secondary

#D0A6B5

accent

#5481D4

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBF9C

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

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