#5A978B#5A978B

#5A978B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.066 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A978B
RGB	rgb(90, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 25%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 40%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -22.71, 0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 22.71, 179.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0664 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.066 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9415, 26.1696, 28.4215)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A978B #975A66

analogous

#5A976D #5A978B #5A8497

triadic

#5A978B #8B5A97 #978B5A

tetradic

#5A978B #6D5A97 #975A66 #84975A

square

#5A978B #6D5A97 #975A66 #84975A

split-complementary

#5A978B #975A84 #976D5A

monochromatic

#2C4A44 #437168 #5A978B #7DB1A7 #A3C8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#5A978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#5A978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A978B

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A978B	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92908B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#449993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.066 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6ac',
    500: '#5a978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a978b;
$custom-light: #8cb6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.197,
    "s": 25.311,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.06636,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A978B

secondary

#B6979D

accent

#6678C2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A978B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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