#5A997D#5A997D

#5A997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.078 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A997D
RGB	rgb(90, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(153, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -26.97, 8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 28.26, 162.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0754 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.078 164)
XYZ	xyz(19.3079, 26.4355, 23.4832)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A997D #995A76

analogous

#5A995D #5A997D #5A9699

triadic

#5A997D #7D5A99 #997D5A

tetradic

#5A997D #5D5A99 #995A76 #96995A

square

#5A997D #5D5A99 #995A76 #96995A

split-complementary

#5A997D #995A96 #995D5A

monochromatic

#2D4C3E #43725E #5A997D #7DB39B #A4C9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#5A997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#5A997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A997D

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A997D	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#499991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.078 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7a2',
    500: '#5a997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a997d;
$custom-light: #8cb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63211,
    "c": 0.07843,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.26437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A997D

secondary

#B798A6

accent

#658FC2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A997D

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

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