#5A9F97#5A9F97

#5A9F97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.071 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9F97
RGB	rgb(90, 159, 151)
HSL	hsl(173, 28%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -23.81, -2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 23.96, 186.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0709 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.071 186)
XYZ	xyz(22.1983, 29.2026, 33.7391)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9F97 #9F5A62

analogous

#5A9F75 #5A9F97 #5A859F

triadic

#5A9F97 #975A9F #9F975A

tetradic

#5A9F97 #755A9F #9F5A62 #859F5A

square

#5A9F97 #755A9F #9F5A62 #859F5A

split-complementary

#5A9F97 #9F5A85 #9F755A

monochromatic

#2E514D #447872 #5A9F97 #7FB7B0 #A6CDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#5A9F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#5A9F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9F97

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9F97	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 159, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.071 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbbb5',
    500: '#5a9f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9f97;
$custom-light: #8dbbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.043,
    "s": 27.711,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65463,
    "c": 0.07134,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.29204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9F97

secondary

#BB9A9E

accent

#646FC4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9F97

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

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