#5B9799#5B9799

#5B9799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.063 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9799
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -18.90, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 20.22, 200.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0593 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.063 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1286, 26.6558, 34.1625)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9799 #995D5B

analogous

#5B997C #5B9799 #5B7899

triadic

#5B9799 #995B97 #97995B

tetradic

#5B9799 #7C5B99 #995D5B #78995B

square

#5B9799 #7C5B99 #995D5B #78995B

split-complementary

#5B9799 #995B78 #997C5B

monochromatic

#2D4B4C #447173 #5B9799 #7FB1B3 #A5C8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#5B9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#5B9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9799

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9799	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#409B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.063 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db5b7',
    500: '#5b9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9799;
$custom-light: #8db5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63643,
    "c": 0.06252,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9799

secondary

#B79998

accent

#6966C2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9799

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

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