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#5BB99D

#5bb99d ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#5bb99d is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 72.55% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.14% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 162.13°, with 40.17% saturation and 54.12% 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 8.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 5.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.3936

Complementary

  1. #5bb99d
  2. #b95b77

Split complementary

  1. #5bb99d
  2. #b95ba6
  3. #b96e5b

Analogous

  1. #5bb96e
  2. #5bb99d
  3. #5ba6b9

Triadic

  1. #5bb99d
  2. #9d5bb9
  3. #b99d5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bb99d
  2. #5b77b9
  3. #b95b77
  4. #b99d5b

Square

  1. #5bb99d
  2. #6e5bb9
  3. #b95b77
  4. #a6b95b

Monochromatic

  1. #255647
  2. #3c8c74
  3. #5bb99d
  4. #91d0bd
  5. #c6e7dd

Shades

#5bb99d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bb99d
  2. #52a78d
  3. #49947e
  4. #40826e
  5. #376f5e
  6. #2e5d4f
  7. #244a3f
  8. #1b382f
  9. #12251f
  10. #091310
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bb99d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bb99d
  2. #6bc0a7
  3. #7cc7b1
  4. #8cceba
  5. #9dd5c4
  6. #addcce
  7. #bde3d8
  8. #ceeae2
  9. #def1eb
  10. #eff8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bb99d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bb99d
  2. #5fb39a
  3. #62ae97
  4. #66a894
  5. #6aa291
  6. #6e9d8f
  7. #71978c
  8. #759189
  9. #798b86
  10. #7c8683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90afa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4af9c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a49f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #34bab1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99b39c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ead9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #47baa9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bb99d {
  color: #5bb99d;
}
Background
.bg-5bb99d {
  background-color: #5bb99d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bb99d {
  border: 2px solid #5bb99d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bb99d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 185 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 40% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bb99d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bb99d, #5ba6b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bb99d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 185 157 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 5.00 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.38 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.01 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.85 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.93 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.27 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.56 #a44662 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Mint
#5bb99d  rgb(91, 185, 157)  hsl(162, 40%, 54%)  Mint
#b95b77  rgb(185, 91, 119)  hsl(342, 40%, 54%)  Rose Gold
#9d5bb9  rgb(157, 91, 185)  hsl(282, 40%, 54%)  Purpureus
#b99d5b  rgb(185, 157, 91)  hsl(42, 40%, 54%)  Camel