#5AACAF#5AACAF

#5AACAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.080 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AACAF
RGB	rgb(90, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -24.12, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 25.84, 201.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.076 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.08 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7037, 34.7716, 45.8535)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AACAF #AF5D5A

analogous

#5AAF88 #5AACAF #5A82AF

triadic

#5AACAF #AF5AAC #ACAF5A

tetradic

#5AACAF #885AAF #AF5D5A #82AF5A

square

#5AACAF #885AAF #AF5D5A #82AF5A

split-complementary

#5AACAF #AF5A82 #AF885A

monochromatic

#2F5E60 #438789 #5AACAF #83C1C3 #ACD5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5AACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#5AACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AACAF

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AACAF	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aacaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.080 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5c6',
    500: '#5aacaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aacaf;
$custom-light: #8fc5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aacaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.118,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69408,
    "c": 0.08019,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AACAF

secondary

#C5A1A0

accent

#615DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AACAF

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

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