#5B7971#5B7971

#5B7971 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.037 H 176.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B7971
RGB	rgb(91, 121, 113)
HSL	hsl(164, 14%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(164, 25%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 6.6%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, -12.59, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 12.62, 176.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% -0.0367 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.037 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1315, 17.0906, 18.1738)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B7971 #795B63

analogous

#5B7962 #5B7971 #5B7279

triadic

#5B7971 #715B79 #79715B

tetradic

#5B7971 #625B79 #795B63 #72795B

square

#5B7971 #625B79 #795B63 #72795B

split-complementary

#5B7971 #795B72 #79625B

monochromatic

#263330 #415650 #5B7971 #789990 #9BB4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#5B7971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#5B7971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B7971

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B7971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B7971	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#537A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b7971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 121, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.037 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9f99',
    500: '#5b7971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b7971;
$custom-light: #8a9f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b7971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 14.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55029,
    "c": 0.03674,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B7971

secondary

#A28E93

accent

#7184B7

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0E0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B7971

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

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