#5AA3AC#5AA3AC

#5AA3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.074 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA3AC
RGB	rgb(90, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -20.33, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 23.47, 210.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0667 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.074 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7572, 31.3446, 43.7672)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA3AC #AC635A

analogous

#5AAC8C #5AA3AC #5A7AAC

triadic

#5AA3AC #AC5AA3 #A3AC5A

tetradic

#5AA3AC #8C5AAC #AC635A #7AAC5A

square

#5AA3AC #8C5AAC #AC635A #7AAC5A

split-complementary

#5AA3AC #AC5A7A #AC8C5A

monochromatic

#2F585D #437E86 #5AA3AC #83BAC0 #ABD0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#5AA3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#5AA3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA3AC

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA3AC	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.074 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebec4',
    500: '#5aa3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa3ac;
$custom-light: #8ebec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.585,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6715,
    "c": 0.07413,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA3AC

secondary

#C3A39F

accent

#6A5FC9

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA3AC

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

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