#5AA99E#5AA99E

#5AA99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.080 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA99E
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(172, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -27.05, -1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 27.11, 183.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0799 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.08 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5735, 33.0162, 37.4189)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA99E #A95A65

analogous

#5AA976 #5AA99E #5A8CA9

triadic

#5AA99E #9E5AA9 #A99E5A

tetradic

#5AA99E #765AA9 #A95A65 #8CA95A

square

#5AA99E #765AA9 #A95A65 #8CA95A

split-complementary

#5AA99E #A95A8C #A9765A

monochromatic

#2F5A54 #448279 #5AA99E #82BEB6 #AAD3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#5AA99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#5AA99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA99E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA99E	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.080 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec3ba',
    500: '#5aa99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa99e;
$custom-light: #8ec3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.646,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68118,
    "c": 0.08008,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA99E

secondary

#C19EA3

accent

#606FC8

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA99E

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

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