#5A997F#5A997F

#5A997F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.077 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A997F
RGB	rgb(90, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(155, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -26.53, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 27.53, 164.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0744 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.077 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4369, 26.4871, 24.1629)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A997F #995A74

analogous

#5A995F #5A997F #5A9399

triadic

#5A997F #7F5A99 #997F5A

tetradic

#5A997F #5F5A99 #995A74 #93995A

square

#5A997F #5F5A99 #995A74 #93995A

split-complementary

#5A997F #995A93 #995F5A

monochromatic

#2D4C3F #43725F #5A997F #7DB39D #A4C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#5A997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#5A997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A997F

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A997F	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#499991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.077 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7a4',
    500: '#5a997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a997f;
$custom-light: #8cb7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.238,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63266,
    "c": 0.07681,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A997F

secondary

#B798A5

accent

#658CC2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A997F

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

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