#5C997C#5C997C

#5C997C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.078 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C997C
RGB	rgb(92, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(151, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(151, 40%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -26.60, 9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 28.12, 161.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0742 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.078 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4415, 26.5118, 23.1577)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C997C #995C79

analogous

#5C995D #5C997C #5C9799

triadic

#5C997C #7C5C99 #997C5C

tetradic

#5C997C #5D5C99 #995C79 #97995C

square

#5C997C #5D5C99 #995C79 #97995C

split-complementary

#5C997C #995C97 #995D5C

monochromatic

#2E4D3E #45735D #5C997C #80B29A #A6C9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#5C997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#5C997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C997C

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C997C	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)

#97917A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.078 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7a2',
    500: '#5c997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c997c;
$custom-light: #8db7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.475,
    "s": 24.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63286,
    "c": 0.07778,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C997C

secondary

#B799A8

accent

#6692C1

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C997C

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

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