#5AA3A5#5AA3A5

#5AA3A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.073 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA3A5
RGB	rgb(90, 163, 165)
HSL	hsl(182, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -22.22, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 23.66, 200.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0697 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.073 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1025, 31.0827, 40.3195)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA3A5 #A55C5A

analogous

#5AA582 #5AA3A5 #5A7DA5

triadic

#5AA3A5 #A55AA3 #A3A55A

tetradic

#5AA3A5 #825AA5 #A55C5A #7DA55A

square

#5AA3A5 #825AA5 #A55C5A #7DA55A

split-complementary

#5AA3A5 #A55A7D #A5825A

monochromatic

#2F5556 #447C7D #5AA3A5 #82B9BB #A9CFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#5AA3A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#5AA3A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA3A5

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA3A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA3A5	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa3a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 163, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.073 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebebf',
    500: '#5aa3a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa3a5;
$custom-light: #8ebebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa3a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.6,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66901,
    "c": 0.07319,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA3A5

secondary

#BE9D9D

accent

#6562C6

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA3A5

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

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