#5A9399#5A9399

#5A9399 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.060 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9399
RGB	rgb(90, 147, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -17.05, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 19.30, 207.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0551 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.06 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3978, 25.3396, 33.9470)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9399 #99605A

analogous

#5A997F #5A9399 #5A7499

triadic

#5A9399 #995A93 #93995A

tetradic

#5A9399 #7F5A99 #99605A #74995A

square

#5A9399 #7F5A99 #99605A #74995A

split-complementary

#5A9399 #995A74 #997F5A

monochromatic

#2D494C #436E72 #5A9399 #7DAEB3 #A4C6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#5A9399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#5A9399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9399

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9399	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F9795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 147, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.060 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb2b7',
    500: '#5a9399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9399;
$custom-light: #8cb2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6263,
    "c": 0.06046,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9399

secondary

#B79B98

accent

#6E65C2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9399

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

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