#5A9999#5A9999

#5A9999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.065 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9999
RGB	rgb(90, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -20.21, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 21.19, 197.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0626 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.065 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3553, 27.2545, 34.2661)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9999 #995A5A

analogous

#5A9979 #5A9999 #5A7999

triadic

#5A9999 #995A99 #99995A

tetradic

#5A9999 #795A99 #995A5A #79995A

square

#5A9999 #795A99 #995A5A #79995A

split-complementary

#5A9999 #995A79 #99795A

monochromatic

#2D4C4C #437272 #5A9999 #7DB3B3 #A4C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#5A9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#5A9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9999

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9999	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.065 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7b7',
    500: '#5a9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9999;
$custom-light: #8cb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64075,
    "c": 0.06505,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9999

secondary

#B79898

accent

#6565C2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9999

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

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