#5A9591#5A9591

#5A9591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.062 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9591
RGB	rgb(90, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(176, 25%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 40%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -20.18, -3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 20.57, 191.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0611 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.062 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0728, 25.7115, 30.6877)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9591 #955A5E

analogous

#5A9574 #5A9591 #5A7C95

triadic

#5A9591 #915A95 #95915A

tetradic

#5A9591 #745A95 #955A5E #7C955A

square

#5A9591 #745A95 #955A5E #7C955A

split-complementary

#5A9591 #955A7C #95745A

monochromatic

#2C4947 #436F6C #5A9591 #7CB0AC #A2C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#5A9591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#5A9591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9591

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9591	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.062 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4b1',
    500: '#5a9591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9591;
$custom-light: #8cb4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 24.686,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62835,
    "c": 0.0621,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9591

secondary

#B59698

accent

#676DC1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9591

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

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