#5A9983#5A9983

#5A9983 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.074 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9983
RGB	rgb(90, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(159, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 14.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -25.62, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 26.15, 168.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0726 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.074 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7028, 26.5935, 25.5632)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9983 #995A70

analogous

#5A9964 #5A9983 #5A8F99

triadic

#5A9983 #835A99 #99835A

tetradic

#5A9983 #645A99 #995A70 #8F995A

square

#5A9983 #645A99 #995A70 #8F995A

split-complementary

#5A9983 #995A8F #99645A

monochromatic

#2D4C41 #437262 #5A9983 #7DB3A0 #A4C9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#5A9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#5A9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9983

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9983	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.074 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7a7',
    500: '#5a9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9983;
$custom-light: #8cb7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.048,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63379,
    "c": 0.0738,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9983

secondary

#B798A3

accent

#6586C2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9983

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

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