#5F9599#5F9599

#5F9599 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.057 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F9599
RGB	rgb(95, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(184, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -16.75, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 18.46, 204.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0533 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.057 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2145, 26.2263, 34.0751)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F9599 #99635F

analogous

#5F9980 #5F9599 #5F7899

triadic

#5F9599 #995F95 #95995F

tetradic

#5F9599 #805F99 #99635F #78995F

square

#5F9599 #805F99 #99635F #78995F

split-complementary

#5F9599 #995F78 #99805F

monochromatic

#304B4D #487073 #5F9599 #83AFB2 #A9C7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#5F9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#5F9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5F9599

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5F9599	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.057 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb4b7',
    500: '#5f9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f9599;
$custom-light: #8fb4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 23.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63374,
    "c": 0.05744,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F9599

secondary

#B89E9C

accent

#6E68C0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F9599

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

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