#5b9565

Color #5b9565

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Sea Green #2e8b57 · ΔE 11.41 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-600 #009966 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b9565

RGB

rgb(91, 149, 101)

HSL

hsl(130.3, 24.2%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(130.3, 38.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 32.2%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(56.74, -29.58, 19.54)

LCH

lch(56.74, 35.45, 146.55)

OKLCH

oklch(61.7%, 0.0946, 148.58)

HWB

hwb(130.3, 35.7%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#955b8b

Analogous

#6e955b

#5b9565

#5b9582

Triadic

#5b9565

#655b95

#95655b

Split-complementary

#5b9565

#825b95

#955b6e

Tetradic

#5b9565

#5b8b95

#955b8b

#95655b

Square

#5b9565

#5b6e95

#955b8b

#95825b

Shades

Color #5b9565 mixed toward black.

#4c7c54

#3d6343

#2e4b33

#1e3222

#0f1911

Tints

Color #5b9565 mixed toward white.

#73aa7d

#8fbb97

#abccb1

#c7ddcb

#e3eee5

Tones

Color #5b9565 mixed toward gray.

#609068

#658b6b

#6a876f

#6e8272

#737d75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787973 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#757076 · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#5f7d7f · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b9565;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b9565]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#5b9565 (#5b9565) is rgb(91, 149, 101) in RGB.

No, #5b9565 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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