#5B978B#5B978B

#5B978B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.066 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B978B
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 25%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 40%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -22.43, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 22.43, 179.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0655 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.066 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0394, 26.2201, 28.4261)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B978B #975B67

analogous

#5B976D #5B978B #5B8597

triadic

#5B978B #8B5B97 #978B5B

tetradic

#5B978B #6D5B97 #975B67 #85975B

square

#5B978B #6D5B97 #975B67 #85975B

split-complementary

#5B978B #975B85 #976D5B

monochromatic

#2D4B45 #447168 #5B978B #7EB1A7 #A4C8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#5B978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#5B978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B978B

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B978B	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92908B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#469993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.066 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6ac',
    500: '#5b978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b978b;
$custom-light: #8cb6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 24.793,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63179,
    "c": 0.06552,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B978B

secondary

#B6989E

accent

#6779C1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B978B

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

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