#5C997B#5C997B

#5C997B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.079 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C997B
RGB	rgb(92, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(150, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(150, 40%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -26.82, 9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 28.50, 160.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0746 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.079 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3786, 26.4866, 22.8263)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C997B #995C7A

analogous

#5C995C #5C997B #5C9899

triadic

#5C997B #7B5C99 #997B5C

tetradic

#5C997B #5C5C99 #995C7A #98995C

square

#5C997B #5C5C99 #995C7A #98995C

split-complementary

#5C997B #995C98 #995C5C

monochromatic

#2E4D3E #45735C #5C997B #80B29A #A6C9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#5C997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#5C997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C997B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C997B	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)

#979179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.079 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7a1',
    500: '#5c997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c997b;
$custom-light: #8db7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.492,
    "s": 24.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6326,
    "c": 0.07863,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C997B

secondary

#B799A8

accent

#6693C1

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C997B

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

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