#5AA5A2#5AA5A2

#5AA5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.075 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5A2
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 162)
HSL	hsl(178, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -24.03, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 24.69, 193.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0734 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.075 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1906, 31.6906, 39.0175)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5A2 #A55A5D

analogous

#5AA57C #5AA5A2 #5A83A5

triadic

#5AA5A2 #A25AA5 #A5A25A

tetradic

#5AA5A2 #7C5AA5 #A55A5D #83A55A

square

#5AA5A2 #7C5AA5 #A55A5D #83A55A

split-complementary

#5AA5A2 #A55A83 #A57C5A

monochromatic

#2F5654 #447D7B #5AA5A2 #82BBB8 #A9D0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#5AA5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#5AA5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5A2

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5A2	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)

#9D9EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.075 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0bd',
    500: '#5aa5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5a2;
$custom-light: #8ec0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6728,
    "c": 0.07504,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5A2

secondary

#BE9D9E

accent

#6266C6

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5A2

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

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