#5AB596#5AB596

#5AB596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.100 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB596
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -34.73, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 35.53, 167.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0976 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.1 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2429, 37.4212, 34.6883)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB596 #B55A79

analogous

#5AB568 #5AB596 #5AA6B5

triadic

#5AB596 #965AB5 #B5965A

tetradic

#5AB596 #685AB5 #B55A79 #A6B55A

square

#5AB596 #685AB5 #B55A79 #A6B55A

split-complementary

#5AB596 #B55AA6 #B5685A

monochromatic

#2E6753 #419176 #5AB596 #84C8B1 #AFDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5AB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#5AB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB596

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB596	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.100 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbb4',
    500: '#5ab596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab596;
$custom-light: #8fcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.56,
    "s": 38.075,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70815,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB596

secondary

#C9A2AF

accent

#5A81CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB596

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

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