#5AA3A2#5AA3A2

#5AA3A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.073 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA3A2
RGB	rgb(90, 163, 162)
HSL	hsl(179, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -23.01, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 23.94, 195.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.071 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.073 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8327, 30.9748, 38.8982)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA3A2 #A35A5B

analogous

#5AA37E #5AA3A2 #5A80A3

triadic

#5AA3A2 #A25AA3 #A3A25A

tetradic

#5AA3A2 #7E5AA3 #A35A5B #80A35A

square

#5AA3A2 #7E5AA3 #A35A5B #80A35A

split-complementary

#5AA3A2 #A35A80 #A37E5A

monochromatic

#2E5454 #447C7B #5AA3A2 #81B9B9 #A8CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#5AA3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#5AA3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA3A2

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA3A2	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 163, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.073 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebebd',
    500: '#5aa3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa3a2;
$custom-light: #8ebebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.178,
    "s": 28.854,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66797,
    "c": 0.07326,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA3A2

secondary

#BD9C9C

accent

#6364C5

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA3A2

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

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