#5BE5B9#5BE5B9

#5BE5B9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.136 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5B9
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 185)
HSL	hsl(161, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(161, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 19.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -47.75, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 48.87, 167.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.1334 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.136 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0863, 61.7614, 55.6454)
Luminance	0.6177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5B9 #E55B87

analogous

#5BE574 #5BE5B9 #5BCCE5

triadic

#5BE5B9 #B95BE5 #E5B95B

tetradic

#5BE5B9 #745BE5 #E55B87 #CCE55B

square

#5BE5B9 #745BE5 #E55B87 #CCE55B

split-complementary

#5BE5B9 #E55BCC #E5745B

monochromatic

#1BAB7D #26DDA2 #5BE5B9 #90EDD0 #C5F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#5BE5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#5BE5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5B9

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5B9	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.136 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eece',
    500: '#5be5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5b9;
$custom-light: #96eece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.87,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83461,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5B9

secondary

#AC385D

accent

#114FD5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFA

border

#CFD6D3

text

#0F1613

muted

#808583

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5B9

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

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