#5AB4A3#5AB4A3

#5AB4A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.091 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4A3
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 9.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -31.15, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 31.16, 179.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0905 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.091 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1458, 37.4582, 40.4429)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4A3 #B45A6B

analogous

#5AB476 #5AB4A3 #5A98B4

triadic

#5AB4A3 #A35AB4 #B4A35A

tetradic

#5AB4A3 #765AB4 #B45A6B #98B45A

square

#5AB4A3 #765AB4 #B45A6B #98B45A

split-complementary

#5AB4A3 #B45A98 #B4765A

monochromatic

#2E655B #419081 #5AB4A3 #84C7BA #AEDAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#5AB4A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#5AB4A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4A3

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4A3	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEABA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.091 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbbe',
    500: '#5ab4a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4a3;
$custom-light: #8fcbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.667,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70947,
    "c": 0.09055,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4A3

secondary

#C8A1A9

accent

#5A70CD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4A3

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

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