#5C997D#5C997D

#5C997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.077 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C997D
RGB	rgb(92, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(152, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(152, 40%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -26.39, 8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 27.74, 162.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0737 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.077 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5051, 26.5372, 23.4925)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C997D #995C78

analogous

#5C995E #5C997D #5C9699

triadic

#5C997D #7D5C99 #997D5C

tetradic

#5C997D #5E5C99 #995C78 #96995C

square

#5C997D #5E5C99 #995C78 #96995C

split-complementary

#5C997D #995C96 #995E5C

monochromatic

#2E4D3F #45735E #5C997D #80B29B #A6C9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#5C997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#5C997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C997D

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C997D	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.077 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7a2',
    500: '#5c997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c997d;
$custom-light: #8db7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.459,
    "s": 24.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63313,
    "c": 0.07693,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C997D

secondary

#B799A7

accent

#6690C1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C997D

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

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