#5C998B#5C998B

#5C998B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.067 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C998B
RGB	rgb(92, 153, 139)
HSL	hsl(166, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 40%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 9.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -23.17, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 23.20, 177.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0672 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.067 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4633, 26.9205, 28.5390)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C998B #995C6A

analogous

#5C996C #5C998B #5C8899

triadic

#5C998B #8B5C99 #998B5C

tetradic

#5C998B #6C5C99 #995C6A #88995C

square

#5C998B #6C5C99 #995C6A #88995C

split-complementary

#5C998B #995C88 #996C5C

monochromatic

#2E4D46 #457368 #5C998B #80B2A7 #A6C9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#5C998B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#5C998B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C998B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C998B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C998B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c998b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 153, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.067 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7ac',
    500: '#5c998b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c998b;
$custom-light: #8db7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c998b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.23,
    "s": 24.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6372,
    "c": 0.06727,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C998B

secondary

#B799A0

accent

#667BC1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C998B

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

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