#5AA59E#5AA59E

#5AA59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.076 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA59E
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 158)
HSL	hsl(174, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -25.06, -3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 25.32, 188.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0751 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.076 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8407, 31.5506, 37.1747)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA59E #A55A61

analogous

#5AA578 #5AA59E #5A87A5

triadic

#5AA59E #9E5AA5 #A59E5A

tetradic

#5AA59E #785AA5 #A55A61 #87A55A

square

#5AA59E #785AA5 #A55A61 #87A55A

split-complementary

#5AA59E #A55A87 #A5785A

monochromatic

#2F5652 #447D78 #5AA59E #82BBB5 #A9D0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#5AA59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#5AA59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA59E

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA59E	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.076 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0ba',
    500: '#5aa59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa59e;
$custom-light: #8ec0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.4,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67147,
    "c": 0.07581,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA59E

secondary

#BE9DA0

accent

#626BC6

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA59E

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

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