#5B997D#5B997D

#5B997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.078 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B997D
RGB	rgb(91, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(153, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -26.68, 8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 28.00, 162.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0745 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.078 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4058, 26.4860, 23.4878)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B997D #995B77

analogous

#5B995E #5B997D #5B9699

triadic

#5B997D #7D5B99 #997D5B

tetradic

#5B997D #5E5B99 #995B77 #96995B

square

#5B997D #5E5B99 #995B77 #96995B

split-complementary

#5B997D #995B96 #995E5B

monochromatic

#2D4C3E #44735E #5B997D #7FB39B #A5C9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#5B997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#5B997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B997D

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B997D	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.078 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7a2',
    500: '#5b997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b997d;
$custom-light: #8cb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.903,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63262,
    "c": 0.07768,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B997D

secondary

#B798A6

accent

#668FC2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B997D

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

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