#5C998F#5C998F

#5C998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.065 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C998F
RGB	rgb(92, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 40%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -22.20, -0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 22.22, 182.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0654 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.065 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7609, 27.0395, 30.1064)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C998F #995C66

analogous

#5C9970 #5C998F #5C8499

triadic

#5C998F #8F5C99 #998F5C

tetradic

#5C998F #705C99 #995C66 #84995C

square

#5C998F #705C99 #995C66 #84995C

split-complementary

#5C998F #995C84 #99705C

monochromatic

#2E4D48 #45736B #5C998F #80B2AA #A6C9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5C998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#5C998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C998F

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C998F	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#469B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.065 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7af',
    500: '#5c998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c998f;
$custom-light: #8db7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 24.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63845,
    "c": 0.06548,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C998F

secondary

#B7999E

accent

#6675C1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C998F

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

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