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#5BB79F

#5bb79f ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#5bb79f 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 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.11% yellow and 28.24% black. Its hue angle is 164.35°, 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 5.95.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.3859

Complementary

  1. #5bb79f
  2. #b75b73

Split complementary

  1. #5bb79f
  2. #b75ba1
  3. #b7715b

Analogous

  1. #5bb771
  2. #5bb79f
  3. #5ba1b7

Triadic

  1. #5bb79f
  2. #9f5bb7
  3. #b79f5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bb79f
  2. #5b73b7
  3. #b75b73
  4. #b79f5b

Square

  1. #5bb79f
  2. #715bb7
  3. #b75b73
  4. #a1b75b

Monochromatic

  1. #255448
  2. #3c8975
  3. #5bb79f
  4. #90cebe
  5. #c5e6dd

Shades

#5bb79f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bb79f
  2. #52a58f
  3. #49927f
  4. #40806f
  5. #376e5f
  6. #2e5c50
  7. #244940
  8. #1b3730
  9. #122520
  10. #091210
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bb79f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bb79f
  2. #6bbea9
  3. #7cc5b2
  4. #8ccdbc
  5. #9dd4c5
  6. #addbcf
  7. #bde2d9
  8. #cee9e2
  9. #def1ec
  10. #eff8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bb79f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bb79f
  2. #5fb29c
  3. #62ac99
  4. #66a796
  5. #6aa193
  6. #6e9c90
  7. #71968c
  8. #759189
  9. #798b86
  10. #7c8683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8faea4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2ad9e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a3a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #33b9b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97b19e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8caba0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #46b8a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bb79f {
  color: #5bb79f;
}
Background
.bg-5bb79f {
  background-color: #5bb79f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bb79f {
  border: 2px solid #5bb79f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bb79f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 183 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 39% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bb79f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bb79f, #5ba1b7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bb79f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 183 159 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 5.95 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.29 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.31 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.11 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.22 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.27 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.20 #a44860 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Mint
#5bb79f  rgb(91, 183, 159)  hsl(164, 39%, 54%)  Mint
#b75b73  rgb(183, 91, 115)  hsl(344, 39%, 54%)  Rose Gold
#9f5bb7  rgb(159, 91, 183)  hsl(284, 39%, 54%)  Purpureus
#b79f5b  rgb(183, 159, 91)  hsl(44, 39%, 54%)  Brass