#5AA8A2#5AA8A2

#5AA8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.078 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8A2
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(175, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -25.53, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 25.91, 189.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0769 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.078 189)
XYZ	xyz(24.7381, 32.7855, 39.2000)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8A2 #A85A60

analogous

#5AA87B #5AA8A2 #5A87A8

triadic

#5AA8A2 #A25AA8 #A8A25A

tetradic

#5AA8A2 #7B5AA8 #A85A60 #87A85A

square

#5AA8A2 #7B5AA8 #A85A60 #87A85A

split-complementary

#5AA8A2 #A85A87 #A87B5A

monochromatic

#2F5956 #44817C #5AA8A2 #82BDB9 #AAD2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#5AA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#5AA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8A2

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8A2	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.078 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2bd',
    500: '#5aa8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8a2;
$custom-light: #8ec2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68005,
    "c": 0.0779,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.32788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8A2

secondary

#C09EA0

accent

#6169C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8A2

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

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