#5AA0AD#5AA0AD

#5AA0AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.073 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA0AD
RGB	rgb(90, 160, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 7.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -18.48, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 22.95, 216.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0627 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.073 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3272, 30.3304, 44.0995)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA0AD #AD675A

analogous

#5AAD91 #5AA0AD #5A77AD

triadic

#5AA0AD #AD5AA0 #A0AD5A

tetradic

#5AA0AD #915AAD #AD675A #77AD5A

square

#5AA0AD #915AAD #AD675A #77AD5A

split-complementary

#5AA0AD #AD5A77 #AD915A

monochromatic

#2F575E #437C87 #5AA0AD #83B8C1 #ACCFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#5AA0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#5AA0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA0AD

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA0AD	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 160, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.073 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebcc5',
    500: '#5aa0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa0ad;
$custom-light: #8ebcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.398,
    "s": 33.603,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66473,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA0AD

secondary

#C4A59F

accent

#6F5ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA0AD

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

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