#5AA5A5#5AA5A5

#5AA5A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.075 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5A5
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 165)
HSL	hsl(180, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -23.24, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 24.34, 197.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.072 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.075 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4604, 31.7985, 40.4388)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5A5 #A55A5A

analogous

#5AA580 #5AA5A5 #5A7FA5

triadic

#5AA5A5 #A55AA5 #A5A55A

tetradic

#5AA5A5 #7F5AA5 #A55A5A #80A55A

square

#5AA5A5 #7F5AA5 #A55A5A #80A55A

split-complementary

#5AA5A5 #A55A80 #A5805A

monochromatic

#2F5656 #447D7D #5AA5A5 #82BBBB #A9D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#5AA5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#5AA5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5A5

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5A5	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.075 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0bf',
    500: '#5aa5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5a5;
$custom-light: #8ec0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67382,
    "c": 0.07478,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5A5

secondary

#BE9D9D

accent

#6262C6

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5A5

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

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