#5B997A#5B997A

#5B997A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.080 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B997A
RGB	rgb(91, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(150, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(150, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -27.33, 10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 29.14, 159.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0759 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.08 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2171, 26.4105, 22.4937)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B997A #995B7A

analogous

#5B995B #5B997A #5B9999

triadic

#5B997A #7A5B99 #997A5B

tetradic

#5B997A #5B5B99 #995B7A #99995B

square

#5B997A #5B5B99 #995B7A #99995B

split-complementary

#5B997A #995B99 #995B5B

monochromatic

#2D4C3D #44735B #5B997A #7FB399 #A5C9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#5B997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#5B997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B997A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B997A	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.080 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7a0',
    500: '#5b997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b997a;
$custom-light: #8cb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63181,
    "c": 0.08025,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B997A

secondary

#B798A8

accent

#6694C2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B997A

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

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