#5D979C#5D979C

#5D979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.061 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D979C
RGB	rgb(93, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(185, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -17.58, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 19.57, 206.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0563 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.061 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5794, 26.8592, 35.4933)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D979C #9C625D

analogous

#5D9C82 #5D979C #5D789C

triadic

#5D979C #9C5D97 #979C5D

tetradic

#5D979C #825D9C #9C625D #789C5D

square

#5D979C #825D9C #9C625D #789C5D

split-complementary

#5D979C #9C5D78 #9C825D

monochromatic

#2F4D4F #467276 #5D979C #82B0B4 #A8C8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#5D979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#5D979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5D979C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5D979C	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.061 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb5b9',
    500: '#5d979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d979c;
$custom-light: #8eb5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 25.301,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63852,
    "c": 0.06109,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D979C

secondary

#B99E9B

accent

#6D66C2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D979C

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

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