#5A978F#5A978F

#5A978F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.065 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A978F
RGB	rgb(90, 151, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 25%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 40%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 0%, 5.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -21.73, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 21.82, 185.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0645 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.065 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2391, 26.2886, 29.9890)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A978F #975A62

analogous

#5A9771 #5A978F #5A8197

triadic

#5A978F #8F5A97 #978F5A

tetradic

#5A978F #715A97 #975A62 #81975A

square

#5A978F #715A97 #975A62 #81975A

split-complementary

#5A978F #975A81 #97715A

monochromatic

#2C4A46 #43716B #5A978F #7DB1AB #A3C8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#5A978F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#5A978F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A978F

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A978F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A978F	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a978f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 151, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.065 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6af',
    500: '#5a978f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a978f;
$custom-light: #8cb6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a978f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.131,
    "s": 25.311,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63256,
    "c": 0.0648,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A978F

secondary

#B6979B

accent

#6672C2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A978F

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

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