#5F9999#5F9999

#5F9999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.061 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F9999
RGB	rgb(95, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -18.87, -5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 19.80, 197.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0584 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.061 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8582, 27.5138, 34.2897)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F9999 #995F5F

analogous

#5F997C #5F9999 #5F7C99

triadic

#5F9999 #995F99 #99995F

tetradic

#5F9999 #7C5F99 #995F5F #7C995F

square

#5F9999 #7C5F99 #995F5F #7C995F

split-complementary

#5F9999 #995F7C #997C5F

monochromatic

#304D4D #487373 #5F9999 #83B2B2 #A9CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#5F9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#5F9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5F9999

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5F9999	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.061 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb7b7',
    500: '#5f9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f9999;
$custom-light: #8fb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 23.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64331,
    "c": 0.06073,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F9999

secondary

#B89C9C

accent

#6868C0

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F9999

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

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