#5A949D#5A949D

#5A949D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.062 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A949D
RGB	rgb(90, 148, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -16.51, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 19.67, 212.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0547 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.062 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8899, 25.7863, 35.7682)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A949D #9D635A

analogous

#5A9D84 #5A949D #5A729D

triadic

#5A949D #9D5A94 #949D5A

tetradic

#5A949D #845A9D #9D635A #729D5A

square

#5A949D #845A9D #9D635A #729D5A

split-complementary

#5A949D #9D5A72 #9D845A

monochromatic

#2D4B4F #446F76 #5A949D #7FAEB5 #A6C7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#5A949D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#5A949D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A949D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A949D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A949D	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C9997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a949d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 148, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.062 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb3b9',
    500: '#5a949d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a949d;
$custom-light: #8cb3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a949d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 27.126,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63016,
    "c": 0.06208,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A949D

secondary

#BA9E99

accent

#7164C3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A949D

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

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