#5A9986#5A9986

#5A9986 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.072 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9986
RGB	rgb(90, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(162, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -24.92, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 25.19, 171.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0712 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.072 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9091, 26.6760, 26.6495)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9986 #995A6D

analogous

#5A9967 #5A9986 #5A8C99

triadic

#5A9986 #865A99 #99865A

tetradic

#5A9986 #675A99 #995A6D #8C995A

square

#5A9986 #675A99 #995A6D #8C995A

split-complementary

#5A9986 #995A8C #99675A

monochromatic

#2D4C43 #437264 #5A9986 #7DB3A3 #A4C9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#5A9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#5A9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9986

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9986	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#469A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.072 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7a9',
    500: '#5a9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9986;
$custom-light: #8cb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.905,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63467,
    "c": 0.07178,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9986

secondary

#B798A1

accent

#6581C2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9986

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

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