#5B9C8D#5B9C8D

#5B9C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.071 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9C8D
RGB	rgb(91, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(166, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -24.49, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 24.53, 176.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0709 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.071 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0087, 27.9227, 29.4767)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9C8D #9C5B6A

analogous

#5B9C6C #5B9C8D #5B8A9C

triadic

#5B9C8D #8D5B9C #9C8D5B

tetradic

#5B9C8D #6C5B9C #9C5B6A #8A9C5B

square

#5B9C8D #6C5B9C #9C5B6A #8A9C5B

split-complementary

#5B9C8D #9C5B8A #9C6C5B

monochromatic

#2E4F47 #44756A #5B9C8D #80B5A8 #A6CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#5B9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#5B9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9C8D

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9C8D	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#449E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.071 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9ae',
    500: '#5b9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9c8d;
$custom-light: #8db9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64464,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9C8D

secondary

#B99AA1

accent

#657BC3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9C8D

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

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