#5AB3B3#5AB3B3

#5AB3B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.085 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3B3
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 179)
HSL	hsl(180, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -26.55, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 27.79, 197.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0824 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.085 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4699, 37.6660, 48.4090)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3B3 #B35A5A

analogous

#5AB386 #5AB3B3 #5A86B3

triadic

#5AB3B3 #B35AB3 #B3B35A

tetradic

#5AB3B3 #865AB3 #B35A5A #86B35A

square

#5AB3B3 #865AB3 #B35A5A #86B35A

split-complementary

#5AB3B3 #B35A86 #B3865A

monochromatic

#2E6464 #428E8E #5AB3B3 #84C6C6 #AEDADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5AB3B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#5AB3B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3B3

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3B3	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)

#A9ACB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.085 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cac9',
    500: '#5ab3b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3b3;
$custom-light: #90cac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.929,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71222,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3B3

secondary

#C8A1A1

accent

#5B5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3B3

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

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