#5A9C8D#5A9C8D

#5A9C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.072 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9C8D
RGB	rgb(90, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(166, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -24.77, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 24.80, 177.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0717 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.072 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9108, 27.8722, 29.4721)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9C8D #9C5A69

analogous

#5A9C6C #5A9C8D #5A8A9C

triadic

#5A9C8D #8D5A9C #9C8D5A

tetradic

#5A9C8D #6C5A9C #9C5A69 #8A9C5A

square

#5A9C8D #6C5A9C #9C5A69 #8A9C5A

split-complementary

#5A9C8D #9C5A8A #9C6C5A

monochromatic

#2D4E47 #44756A #5A9C8D #7EB5A8 #A5CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#5A9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#5A9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9C8D

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9C8D	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.072 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9ae',
    500: '#5a9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9c8d;
$custom-light: #8cb9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64415,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9C8D

secondary

#B999A0

accent

#657AC3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9C8D

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

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