#5AAE99#5AAE99

#5AAE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.088 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAE99
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -30.72, 2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 30.86, 174.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0881 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.088 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0998, 34.7436, 35.5143)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAE99 #AE5A6F

analogous

#5AAE6F #5AAE99 #5A99AE

triadic

#5AAE99 #995AAE #AE995A

tetradic

#5AAE99 #6F5AAE #AE5A6F #99AE5A

square

#5AAE99 #6F5AAE #AE5A6F #99AE5A

split-complementary

#5AAE99 #AE5A99 #AE6F5A

monochromatic

#2F5F53 #438877 #5AAE99 #83C2B2 #ACD6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5AAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#5AAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAE99

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAE99	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)

#A9A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.088 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6b7',
    500: '#5aae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aae99;
$custom-light: #8ec6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69184,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAE99

secondary

#C49FA9

accent

#5E79CA

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAE99

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

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