#5BBF9F#5BBF9F

#5BBF9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBF9F
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 159)
HSL	hsl(161, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -37.02, 7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 37.73, 168.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.1043 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.106 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2004, 41.9864, 39.3595)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBF9F #BF5B7B

analogous

#5BBF6D #5BBF9F #5BADBF

triadic

#5BBF9F #9F5BBF #BF9F5B

tetradic

#5BBF9F #6D5BBF #BF5B7B #ADBF5B

square

#5BBF9F #6D5BBF #BF5B7B #ADBF5B

split-complementary

#5BBF9F #BF5BAD #BF6D5B

monochromatic

#2D735C #3E9F80 #5BBF9F #87D0B9 #B3E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#5BBF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBF9F

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBF9F	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbf9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3bb',
    500: '#5bbf9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbf9f;
$custom-light: #91d3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbf9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBF9F

secondary

#D0A6B3

accent

#547DD4

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBF9F

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

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