#5A9899#5A9899

#5A9899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.064 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9899
RGB	rgb(90, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -19.69, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 20.83, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0614 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.064 197)
XYZ	xyz(21.1923, 26.9285, 34.2118)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9899 #995B5A

analogous

#5A997A #5A9899 #5A7999

triadic

#5A9899 #995A98 #98995A

tetradic

#5A9899 #7A5A99 #995B5A #79995A

square

#5A9899 #7A5A99 #995B5A #79995A

split-complementary

#5A9899 #995A79 #997A5A

monochromatic

#2D4B4C #437272 #5A9899 #7DB2B3 #A4C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#5A9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#5A9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9899

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9899	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.064 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6b7',
    500: '#5a9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9899;
$custom-light: #8cb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63834,
    "c": 0.06419,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.2693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9899

secondary

#B79898

accent

#6765C2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9899

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

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