#5A9490#5A9490

#5A9490 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.061 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9490
RGB	rgb(90, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(176, 24%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 39%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -19.92, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 20.29, 191.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0603 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.061 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8385, 25.3657, 30.2308)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9490 #945A5E

analogous

#5A9473 #5A9490 #5A7B94

triadic

#5A9490 #905A94 #94905A

tetradic

#5A9490 #735A94 #945A5E #7B945A

square

#5A9490 #735A94 #945A5E #7B945A

split-complementary

#5A9490 #945A7B #94735A

monochromatic

#2C4846 #436E6B #5A9490 #7CAFAC #A2C6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#5A9490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#5A9490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9490

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9490	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)

#8E8E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.061 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb3b0',
    500: '#5a9490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9490;
$custom-light: #8cb3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 24.37,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62559,
    "c": 0.06124,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9490

secondary

#B49698

accent

#676DC1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9490

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

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