#5AAE96#5AAE96

#5AAE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.090 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAE96
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -31.43, 4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 31.75, 171.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0895 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.09 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8552, 34.6457, 34.2258)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAE96 #AE5A72

analogous

#5AAE6C #5AAE96 #5A9CAE

triadic

#5AAE96 #965AAE #AE965A

tetradic

#5AAE96 #6C5AAE #AE5A72 #9CAE5A

square

#5AAE96 #6C5AAE #AE5A72 #9CAE5A

split-complementary

#5AAE96 #AE5A9C #AE6C5A

monochromatic

#2F5F51 #438874 #5AAE96 #83C2B0 #ACD6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#5AAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#5AAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAE96

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAE96	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.090 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6b4',
    500: '#5aae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aae96;
$custom-light: #8ec6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69097,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAE96

secondary

#C49FAA

accent

#5E7DCA

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAE96

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

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