#5F998F#5F998F

#5F998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.063 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F998F
RGB	rgb(95, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -21.36, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 21.37, 181.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0629 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.063 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0666, 27.1972, 30.1208)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F998F #995F69

analogous

#5F9972 #5F998F #5F8699

triadic

#5F998F #8F5F99 #998F5F

tetradic

#5F998F #725F99 #995F69 #86995F

square

#5F998F #725F99 #995F69 #86995F

split-complementary

#5F998F #995F86 #99725F

monochromatic

#304D48 #48736C #5F998F #83B2AA #A9CAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#5F998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#5F998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5F998F

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5F998F	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.063 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb7af',
    500: '#5f998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f998f;
$custom-light: #8fb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 23.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64001,
    "c": 0.06291,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F998F

secondary

#B89CA1

accent

#6877C0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F998F

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

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