#5C9999#5C9999

#5C9999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.063 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C9999
RGB	rgb(92, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 40%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -19.68, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 20.64, 197.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.061 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.063 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5525, 27.3561, 34.2754)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C9999 #995C5C

analogous

#5C997A #5C9999 #5C7A99

triadic

#5C9999 #995C99 #99995C

tetradic

#5C9999 #7A5C99 #995C5C #7A995C

square

#5C9999 #7A5C99 #995C5C #7A995C

split-complementary

#5C9999 #995C7A #997A5C

monochromatic

#2E4D4D #457373 #5C9999 #80B2B2 #A6C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#5C9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#5C9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5C9999

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5C9999	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.063 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb7b7',
    500: '#5c9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c9999;
$custom-light: #8eb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 24.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64176,
    "c": 0.06334,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C9999

secondary

#B79999

accent

#6666C1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C9999

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

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