#5D9989#5D9989

#5D9989 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.068 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D9989
RGB	rgb(93, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(164, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -23.37, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 23.48, 174.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0673 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.068 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4191, 26.9144, 27.7811)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D9989 #995D6D

analogous

#5D996B #5D9989 #5D8B99

triadic

#5D9989 #895D99 #99895D

tetradic

#5D9989 #6B5D99 #995D6D #8B995D

square

#5D9989 #6B5D99 #995D6D #8B995D

split-complementary

#5D9989 #995D8B #996B5D

monochromatic

#2F4D45 #467367 #5D9989 #81B2A5 #A7C9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#5D9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#5D9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5D9989

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5D9989	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.068 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb7ab',
    500: '#5d9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d9989;
$custom-light: #8eb7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 24.39,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6371,
    "c": 0.06753,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D9989

secondary

#B89AA2

accent

#677FC1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D9989

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

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