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#5BB49A

#5bb49a ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#5bb49a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 70.59% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.44% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.44% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 162.47°, with 37.24% saturation and 53.14% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 5.2.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.372

Complementary

  1. #5bb49a
  2. #b45b75

Split complementary

  1. #5bb49a
  2. #b45ba2
  3. #b46e5b

Analogous

  1. #5bb46e
  2. #5bb49a
  3. #5ba2b4

Triadic

  1. #5bb49a
  2. #9a5bb4
  3. #b49a5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bb49a
  2. #5b75b4
  3. #b45b75
  4. #b49a5b

Square

  1. #5bb49a
  2. #6e5bb4
  3. #b45b75
  4. #a2b45b

Monochromatic

  1. #255144
  2. #3d8570
  3. #5bb49a
  4. #90ccba
  5. #c4e4db

Shades

#5bb49a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bb49a
  2. #52a28b
  3. #49907b
  4. #407e6c
  5. #376c5c
  6. #2e5a4d
  7. #24483e
  8. #1b362e
  9. #12241f
  10. #09120f
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bb49a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bb49a
  2. #6bbca4
  3. #7cc3ae
  4. #8ccbb8
  5. #9dd2c2
  6. #addacd
  7. #bde1d7
  8. #cee9e1
  9. #def0eb
  10. #eff8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bb49a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bb49a
  2. #5faf97
  3. #62aa95
  4. #66a492
  5. #6a9f90
  6. #6e9a8d
  7. #71958a
  8. #759088
  9. #798a85
  10. #7c8583
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8daba0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afaa99 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a09c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #37b5ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95ae99 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ba89b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #48b5a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bb49a {
  color: #5bb49a;
}
Background
.bg-5bb49a {
  background-color: #5bb49a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bb49a {
  border: 2px solid #5bb49a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bb49a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 180 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 37% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bb49a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bb49a, #5ba2b4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bb49a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 180 154 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 5.20 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 5.50 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.79 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.00 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.74 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.99 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 9.04 #a44b65 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Mint
#5bb49a  rgb(91, 180, 154)  hsl(162, 37%, 53%)  Mint
#b45b75  rgb(180, 91, 117)  hsl(342, 37%, 53%)  Rose Gold
#9a5bb4  rgb(154, 91, 180)  hsl(282, 37%, 53%)  Purpureus
#b49a5b  rgb(180, 154, 91)  hsl(42, 37%, 53%)  Camel