#5A989A#5A989A

#5A989A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.064 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A989A
RGB	rgb(90, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -19.43, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 20.77, 200.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0609 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.064 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2752, 26.9617, 34.6486)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A989A #9A5C5A

analogous

#5A9A7C #5A989A #5A789A

triadic

#5A989A #9A5A98 #989A5A

tetradic

#5A989A #7C5A9A #9A5C5A #789A5A

square

#5A989A #7C5A9A #9A5C5A #789A5A

split-complementary

#5A989A #9A5A78 #9A7C5A

monochromatic

#2D4C4D #437273 #5A989A #7EB2B3 #A4C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#5A989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#5A989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A989A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A989A	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)

#90939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.064 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6b7',
    500: '#5a989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a989a;
$custom-light: #8cb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 26.23,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63869,
    "c": 0.06421,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A989A

secondary

#B89998

accent

#6865C3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A989A

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

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