#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
RGBrgb(90, 180, 168)
HSLhsl(172, 38%, 53%)
HSVhsv(172, 50%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.76, -29.90, -2.16)
CIE-LCHlch(67.76, 29.98, 184.13°)
OKLaboklab(71.1% -0.0883 -0.0063)
OKLCHoklch(71.1% 0.089 184.1)
XYZxyz(27.6026, 37.6409, 42.8490)
Luminance0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##5AB4A81.002.468.538.53
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5321.001.001.00
##0000008.5321.001.001.00

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

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#5AB4A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva