#5A978D#5A978D

#5A978D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.066 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A978D
RGB	rgb(90, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 25%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 40%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -22.22, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 22.24, 182.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0654 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.066 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0889, 26.2286, 29.1982)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A978D #975A64

analogous

#5A976F #5A978D #5A8397

triadic

#5A978D #8D5A97 #978D5A

tetradic

#5A978D #6F5A97 #975A64 #83975A

square

#5A978D #6F5A97 #975A64 #83975A

split-complementary

#5A978D #975A83 #976F5A

monochromatic

#2C4A45 #437169 #5A978D #7DB1A9 #A3C8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#5A978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#5A978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A978D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A978D	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#449994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.066 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6ae',
    500: '#5a978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a978d;
$custom-light: #8cb6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 25.311,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63191,
    "c": 0.06551,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A978D

secondary

#B6979C

accent

#6675C2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A978D

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

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