#5A9984#5A9984

#5A9984 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.073 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9984
RGB	rgb(90, 153, 132)
HSL	hsl(160, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(160, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 13.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -25.39, 4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 25.82, 169.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0721 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.073 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7709, 26.6207, 25.9218)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9984 #995A6F

analogous

#5A9964 #5A9984 #5A8E99

triadic

#5A9984 #845A99 #99845A

tetradic

#5A9984 #645A99 #995A6F #8E995A

square

#5A9984 #645A99 #995A6F #8E995A

split-complementary

#5A9984 #995A8E #99645A

monochromatic

#2D4C42 #437263 #5A9984 #7DB3A1 #A4C9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#5A9984 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#5A9984 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9984

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9984	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9984	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)

#969183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9984;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 153, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.073 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7a7',
    500: '#5a9984',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9984;
$custom-light: #8cb7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9984",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63408,
    "c": 0.07311,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9984

secondary

#B798A2

accent

#6584C2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9984

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

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