#5AB2BC#5AB2BC

#5AB2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.086 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB2BC
RGB	rgb(90, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -23.60, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 27.05, 209.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0774 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.086 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2103, 37.6426, 53.2936)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB2BC #BC645A

analogous

#5ABC95 #5AB2BC #5A81BC

triadic

#5AB2BC #BC5AB2 #B2BC5A

tetradic

#5AB2BC #955ABC #BC645A #81BC5A

square

#5AB2BC #955ABC #BC645A #81BC5A

split-complementary

#5AB2BC #BC5A81 #BC955A

monochromatic

#2D686F #3F919A #5AB2BC #86C6CE #B1DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5AB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#5AB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB2BC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB2BC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EB8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.086 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9d0',
    500: '#5ab2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab2bc;
$custom-light: #90c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.713,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB2BC

secondary

#CEA8A4

accent

#6256D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB2BC

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

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