#5AB4A8#5AB4A8

#5AB4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.089 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4A8
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -29.90, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 29.98, 184.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0883 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.089 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6026, 37.6409, 42.8490)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4A8 #B45A66

analogous

#5AB47B #5AB4A8 #5A93B4

triadic

#5AB4A8 #A85AB4 #B4A85A

tetradic

#5AB4A8 #7B5AB4 #B45A66 #93B45A

square

#5AB4A8 #7B5AB4 #B45A66 #93B45A

split-complementary

#5AB4A8 #B45A93 #B47B5A

monochromatic

#2E655E #419085 #5AB4A8 #84C7BE #AEDAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5AB4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#5AB4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4A8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4A8	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)

#ADABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.089 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbc1',
    500: '#5ab4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4a8;
$custom-light: #8fcbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71102,
    "c": 0.08853,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4A8

secondary

#C8A1A7

accent

#5A6ACD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4A8

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

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