#5AA8A7#5AA8A7

#5AA8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.077 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA8A7
RGB	rgb(90, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(179, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -24.23, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 25.21, 196.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0747 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.077 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1914, 32.9669, 41.5875)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA8A7 #A85A5B

analogous

#5AA880 #5AA8A7 #5A82A8

triadic

#5AA8A7 #A75AA8 #A8A75A

tetradic

#5AA8A7 #805AA8 #A85A5B #82A85A

square

#5AA8A7 #805AA8 #A85A5B #82A85A

split-complementary

#5AA8A7 #A85A82 #A8805A

monochromatic

#2F5958 #448180 #5AA8A7 #82BDBC #AAD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#5AA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#5AA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA8A7

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA8A7	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.077 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2c1',
    500: '#5aa8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa8a7;
$custom-light: #8ec2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.231,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68172,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA8A7

secondary

#C09E9E

accent

#6162C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA8A7

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

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