#5A8A8D#5A8A8D

#5A8A8D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.052 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A8A8D
RGB	rgb(90, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(184, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 36%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -15.36, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 16.78, 203.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0486 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.052 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1110, 22.2726, 28.5388)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A8A8D #8D5D5A

analogous

#5A8D76 #5A8A8D #5A718D

triadic

#5A8A8D #8D5A8A #8A8D5A

tetradic

#5A8A8D #765A8D #8D5D5A #718D5A

square

#5A8A8D #765A8D #8D5D5A #718D5A

split-complementary

#5A8A8D #8D5A71 #8D765A

monochromatic

#2A4142 #426568 #5A8A8D #7AA7AA #9FC0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#5A8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#5A8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A8A8D

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A8A8D	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#468D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.052 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacae',
    500: '#5a8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a8a8d;
$custom-light: #8bacae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 22.078,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60034,
    "c": 0.05206,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A8A8D

secondary

#B09593

accent

#6E69BF

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A8A8D

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

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