#5AA8A4#5AA8A4

#5AA8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.078 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8A4
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(177, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -25.02, -5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 25.59, 192.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0761 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.078 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9172, 32.8572, 40.1438)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8A4 #A85A5E

analogous

#5AA87D #5AA8A4 #5A85A8

triadic

#5AA8A4 #A45AA8 #A8A45A

tetradic

#5AA8A4 #7D5AA8 #A85A5E #85A85A

square

#5AA8A4 #7D5AA8 #A85A5E #85A85A

split-complementary

#5AA8A4 #A85A85 #A87D5A

monochromatic

#2F5957 #44817E #5AA8A4 #82BDBA #AAD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#5AA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#5AA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8A4

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8A4	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.078 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2be',
    500: '#5aa8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8a4;
$custom-light: #8ec2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68071,
    "c": 0.07752,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8A4

secondary

#C09E9F

accent

#6166C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8A4

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

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