#5AA8A5#5AA8A5

#5AA8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.077 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8A5
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -24.76, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 25.45, 193.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0756 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.077 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0079, 32.8935, 40.6212)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8A5 #A85A5D

analogous

#5AA87E #5AA8A5 #5A84A8

triadic

#5AA8A5 #A55AA8 #A8A55A

tetradic

#5AA8A5 #7E5AA8 #A85A5D #84A85A

square

#5AA8A5 #7E5AA8 #A85A5D #84A85A

split-complementary

#5AA8A5 #A85A84 #A87E5A

monochromatic

#2F5957 #44817F #5AA8A5 #82BDBB #AAD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#5AA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#5AA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8A5

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8A5	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.077 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2bf',
    500: '#5aa8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8a5;
$custom-light: #8ec2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68105,
    "c": 0.07738,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8A5

secondary

#C09E9F

accent

#6165C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8A5

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

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