#5AA3AF#5AA3AF

#5AA3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.075 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA3AF
RGB	rgb(90, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -19.50, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 23.59, 214.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0654 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.075 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0485, 31.4611, 45.3017)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA3AF #AF665A

analogous

#5AAF91 #5AA3AF #5A78AF

triadic

#5AA3AF #AF5AA3 #A3AF5A

tetradic

#5AA3AF #915AAF #AF665A #78AF5A

square

#5AA3AF #915AAF #AF665A #78AF5A

split-complementary

#5AA3AF #AF5A78 #AF915A

monochromatic

#2F5960 #437F89 #5AA3AF #83BAC3 #ACD1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#5AA3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#5AA3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA3AF

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA3AF	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.075 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebec6',
    500: '#5aa3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa3af;
$custom-light: #8ebec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.471,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67261,
    "c": 0.07499,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA3AF

secondary

#C5A5A0

accent

#6D5DCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA3AF

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

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