#5C997E#5C997E

#5C997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.076 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C997E
RGB	rgb(92, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(153, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 40%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -26.17, 8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 27.37, 162.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0732 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.076 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5693, 26.5629, 23.8306)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C997E #995C77

analogous

#5C995F #5C997E #5C9599

triadic

#5C997E #7E5C99 #997E5C

tetradic

#5C997E #5F5C99 #995C77 #95995C

square

#5C997E #5F5C99 #995C77 #95995C

split-complementary

#5C997E #995C95 #995F5C

monochromatic

#2E4D3F #45735F #5C997E #80B29C #A6C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#5C997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#5C997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C997E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C997E	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)

#97917D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.076 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7a3',
    500: '#5c997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c997e;
$custom-light: #8db7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.443,
    "s": 24.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.07609,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C997E

secondary

#B799A7

accent

#668FC1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C997E

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

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