#5AA4AC#5AA4AC

#5AA4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.075 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA4AC
RGB	rgb(90, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -20.84, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 23.71, 208.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0679 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.075 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9354, 31.7011, 43.8266)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA4AC #AC625A

analogous

#5AAC8B #5AA4AC #5A7BAC

triadic

#5AA4AC #AC5AA4 #A4AC5A

tetradic

#5AA4AC #8B5AAC #AC625A #7BAC5A

square

#5AA4AC #8B5AAC #AC625A #7BAC5A

split-complementary

#5AA4AC #AC5A7B #AC8B5A

monochromatic

#2F585D #437F86 #5AA4AC #83BAC0 #ABD1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#5AA4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#5AA4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA4AC

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA4AC	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.075 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfc4',
    500: '#5aa4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa4ac;
$custom-light: #8ebfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.854,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67389,
    "c": 0.07468,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA4AC

secondary

#C3A29F

accent

#695FC9

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA4AC

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

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