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#5BB799

#5bb799 ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#5bb799 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 71.76% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.39% yellow and 28.24% black. Its hue angle is 160.43°, with 38.98% saturation and 53.73% 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 8.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 4.3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.3839

Complementary

  1. #5bb799
  2. #b75b79

Split complementary

  1. #5bb799
  2. #b75ba7
  3. #b76b5b

Analogous

  1. #5bb76b
  2. #5bb799
  3. #5ba7b7

Triadic

  1. #5bb799
  2. #995bb7
  3. #b7995b

Tetradic

  1. #5bb799
  2. #5b79b7
  3. #b75b79
  4. #b7995b

Square

  1. #5bb799
  2. #6b5bb7
  3. #b75b79
  4. #a7b75b

Monochromatic

  1. #255445
  2. #3c8970
  3. #5bb799
  4. #90ceba
  5. #c5e6db

Shades

#5bb799 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bb799
  2. #52a58a
  3. #49927a
  4. #40806b
  5. #376e5c
  6. #2e5c4d
  7. #24493d
  8. #1b372e
  9. #12251f
  10. #09120f
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bb799 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bb799
  2. #6bbea3
  3. #7cc5ad
  4. #8ccdb8
  5. #9dd4c2
  6. #addbcc
  7. #bde2d6
  8. #cee9e0
  9. #def1eb
  10. #eff8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bb799 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bb799
  2. #5fb297
  3. #62ac94
  4. #66a792
  5. #6aa18f
  6. #6e9c8d
  7. #71968a
  8. #759188
  9. #798b85
  10. #7c8683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eada1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3ad98 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a29b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #37b8ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97b198 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8dab9a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #48b8a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bb799 {
  color: #5bb799;
}
Background
.bg-5bb799 {
  background-color: #5bb799;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bb799 {
  border: 2px solid #5bb799;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bb799;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 183 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 39% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bb799 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bb799, #5ba7b7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bb799 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 183 153 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 4.30 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 5.44 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.77 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.85 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.92 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.84 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.20 #a44866 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Mint
#5bb799  rgb(91, 183, 153)  hsl(160, 39%, 54%)  Mint
#b75b79  rgb(183, 91, 121)  hsl(340, 39%, 54%)  Rose Gold
#995bb7  rgb(153, 91, 183)  hsl(280, 39%, 54%)  Purpureus
#b7995b  rgb(183, 153, 91)  hsl(40, 39%, 54%)  Camel