#5A8F8D#5A8F8D

#5A8F8D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.057 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A8F8D
RGB	rgb(90, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(178, 23%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 37%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -18.04, -4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 18.60, 194.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0552 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.057 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8449, 23.7404, 28.7835)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A8F8D #8F5A5C

analogous

#5A8F72 #5A8F8D #5A768F

triadic

#5A8F8D #8D5A8F #8F8D5A

tetradic

#5A8F8D #725A8F #8F5A5C #768F5A

square

#5A8F8D #725A8F #8F5A5C #768F5A

split-complementary

#5A8F8D #8F5A76 #8F725A

monochromatic

#2B4443 #426968 #5A8F8D #7BACAA #A0C3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#5A8F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#5A8F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A8F8D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A8F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A8F8D	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F838E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a8f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.057 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb0ae',
    500: '#5a8f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a8f8d;
$custom-light: #8bb0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a8f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 22.747,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61244,
    "c": 0.05658,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A8F8D

secondary

#B19495

accent

#696CBF

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A8F8D

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

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