#5AB8A2#5AB8A2

#5AB8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.096 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8A2
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(166, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -33.30, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 33.40, 175.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0956 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.096 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8757, 39.0608, 40.2459)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8A2 #B85A70

analogous

#5AB873 #5AB8A2 #5A9FB8

triadic

#5AB8A2 #A25AB8 #B8A25A

tetradic

#5AB8A2 #735AB8 #B85A70 #9FB85A

square

#5AB8A2 #735AB8 #B85A70 #9FB85A

split-complementary

#5AB8A2 #B85A9F #B8735A

monochromatic

#2E6A5C #409581 #5AB8A2 #85CABA #B0DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5AB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#5AB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8A2

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8A2	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.096 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cebd',
    500: '#5ab8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8a2;
$custom-light: #90cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.957,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8A2

secondary

#CBA3AC

accent

#5874D0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8A2

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

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