#5AAAAC#5AAAAC

#5AAAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.079 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAAAC
RGB	rgb(90, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -23.91, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 25.42, 199.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0749 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.079 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0346, 33.8995, 44.1930)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAAAC #AC5C5A

analogous

#5AAC85 #5AAAAC #5A81AC

triadic

#5AAAAC #AC5AAA #AAAC5A

tetradic

#5AAAAC #855AAC #AC5C5A #81AC5A

square

#5AAAAC #855AAC #AC5C5A #81AC5A

split-complementary

#5AAAAC #AC5A81 #AC855A

monochromatic

#2F5C5D #438486 #5AAAAC #83BFC0 #ABD4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#5AAAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#5AAAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAAAC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAAAC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BAFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.079 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc3c4',
    500: '#5aaaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaaac;
$custom-light: #8fc3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68825,
    "c": 0.07864,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAAAC

secondary

#C3A09F

accent

#615FC9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAAAC

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

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