#5A997A#5A997A

#5A997A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.081 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A997A
RGB	rgb(90, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(150, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(150, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -27.63, 10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 29.39, 160.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0768 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.081 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1191, 26.3600, 22.4891)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A997A #995A79

analogous

#5A995A #5A997A #5A9999

triadic

#5A997A #7A5A99 #997A5A

tetradic

#5A997A #5A5A99 #995A79 #99995A

square

#5A997A #5A5A99 #995A79 #99995A

split-complementary

#5A997A #995A99 #995A5A

monochromatic

#2D4C3D #43725B #5A997A #7DB399 #A4C9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#5A997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#5A997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A997A

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A997A	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.081 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7a0',
    500: '#5a997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a997a;
$custom-light: #8bb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.476,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6313,
    "c": 0.08099,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A997A

secondary

#B798A7

accent

#6593C2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A997A

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

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