#5B9978#5B9978

#5B9978 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.082 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9978
RGB	rgb(91, 153, 120)
HSL	hsl(148, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(148, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 21.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -27.76, 11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 29.92, 158.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0769 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.082 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0944, 26.3614, 21.8478)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9978 #995B7C

analogous

#5D995B #5B9978 #5B9997

triadic

#5B9978 #785B99 #99785B

tetradic

#5B9978 #5B5D99 #995B7C #99975B

square

#5B9978 #5B5D99 #995B7C #99975B

split-complementary

#5B9978 #975B99 #995B5D

monochromatic

#2D4C3C #44735A #5B9978 #7FB397 #A5C9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#5B9978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#5B9978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9978

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9978	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 153, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.082 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb79f',
    500: '#5b9978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9978;
$custom-light: #8cb79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.065,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63129,
    "c": 0.08204,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9978

secondary

#B798A9

accent

#6697C2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9978

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

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