#5AA5AE#5AA5AE

#5AA5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.076 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA5AE
RGB	rgb(90, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -20.81, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 23.96, 209.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0682 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.076 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3086, 32.1378, 44.9057)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA5AE #AE635A

analogous

#5AAE8D #5AA5AE #5A7BAE

triadic

#5AA5AE #AE5AA5 #A5AE5A

tetradic

#5AA5AE #8D5AAE #AE635A #7BAE5A

square

#5AA5AE #8D5AAE #AE635A #7BAE5A

split-complementary

#5AA5AE #AE5A7B #AE8D5A

monochromatic

#2F5A5F #438188 #5AA5AE #83BBC2 #ACD2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#5AA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#5AA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA5AE

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA5AE	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.076 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc0c6',
    500: '#5aa5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa5ae;
$custom-light: #8fc0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.677,
    "c": 0.07567,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA5AE

secondary

#C4A39F

accent

#695ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA5AE

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

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