#5A9C8A#5A9C8A

#5A9C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.073 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9C8A
RGB	rgb(90, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(164, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -25.48, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 25.64, 173.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0731 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.073 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6906, 27.7841, 28.3124)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9C8A #9C5A6C

analogous

#5A9C69 #5A9C8A #5A8D9C

triadic

#5A9C8A #8A5A9C #9C8A5A

tetradic

#5A9C8A #695A9C #9C5A6C #8D9C5A

square

#5A9C8A #695A9C #9C5A6C #8D9C5A

split-complementary

#5A9C8A #9C5A8D #9C695A

monochromatic

#2D4E45 #447568 #5A9C8A #7EB5A6 #A5CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#5A9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#5A9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9C8A

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9C8A	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#449D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.073 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9ac',
    500: '#5a9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9c8a;
$custom-light: #8cb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64324,
    "c": 0.07347,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9C8A

secondary

#B999A2

accent

#657EC3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9C8A

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

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