#5F9F8D#5F9F8D

#5F9F8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.072 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F9F8D
RGB	rgb(95, 159, 141)
HSL	hsl(163, 25%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 11.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, -24.89, 2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 25.06, 173.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0714 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.072 174)
XYZ	xyz(21.9233, 29.1508, 29.6656)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F9F8D #9F5F71

analogous

#5F9F6D #5F9F8D #5F919F

triadic

#5F9F8D #8D5F9F #9F8D5F

tetradic

#5F9F8D #6D5F9F #9F5F71 #919F5F

square

#5F9F8D #6D5F9F #9F5F71 #919F5F

split-complementary

#5F9F8D #9F5F91 #9F6D5F

monochromatic

#315249 #48796B #5F9F8D #85B6A8 #ABCDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#5F9F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#5F9F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5F9F8D

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F9F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5F9F8D	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B988C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90908E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f9f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 159, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.072 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbbae',
    500: '#5f9f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f9f8d;
$custom-light: #8fbbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f9f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.125,
    "s": 25.197,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65398,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.29152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F9F8D

secondary

#BB9EA7

accent

#6680C2

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1210

muted

#7E817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F9F8D

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

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