#5C998E#5C998E

#5C998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.066 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C998E
RGB	rgb(92, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(169, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 40%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -22.45, -0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 22.45, 181.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0659 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.066 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6855, 27.0094, 29.7093)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C998E #995C67

analogous

#5C996F #5C998E #5C8599

triadic

#5C998E #8E5C99 #998E5C

tetradic

#5C998E #6F5C99 #995C67 #85995C

square

#5C998E #6F5C99 #995C67 #85995C

split-complementary

#5C998E #995C85 #996F5C

monochromatic

#2E4D47 #45736B #5C998E #80B2A9 #A6C9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5C998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#5C998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C998E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C998E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#469B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.066 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7af',
    500: '#5c998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c998e;
$custom-light: #8db7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.18,
    "s": 24.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63813,
    "c": 0.06588,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C998E

secondary

#B7999F

accent

#6677C1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C998E

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

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