#5D979F#5D979F

#5D979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.062 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D979F
RGB	rgb(93, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 26%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 42%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -16.78, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 19.62, 211.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0551 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.062 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8365, 26.9620, 36.8477)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D979F #9F655D

analogous

#5D9F86 #5D979F #5D769F

triadic

#5D979F #9F5D97 #979F5D

tetradic

#5D979F #865D9F #9F655D #769F5D

square

#5D979F #865D9F #9F655D #769F5D

split-complementary

#5D979F #9F5D76 #9F865D

monochromatic

#304E52 #467278 #5D979F #83B0B6 #A9C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5D979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#5D979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5D979F

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5D979F	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#409C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.062 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb5bb',
    500: '#5d979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d979f;
$custom-light: #8eb5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 26.19,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6396,
    "c": 0.06174,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D979F

secondary

#BBA09D

accent

#7165C3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D979F

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

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