#5AB8A3#5AB8A3

#5AB8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.095 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8A3
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(167, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -33.05, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 33.12, 176.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0951 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.095 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9649, 39.0965, 40.7159)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8A3 #B85A6F

analogous

#5AB874 #5AB8A3 #5A9EB8

triadic

#5AB8A3 #A35AB8 #B8A35A

tetradic

#5AB8A3 #745AB8 #B85A6F #9EB85A

square

#5AB8A3 #745AB8 #B85A6F #9EB85A

split-complementary

#5AB8A3 #B85A9E #B8745A

monochromatic

#2E6A5D #409582 #5AB8A3 #85CABB #B0DDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5AB8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5AB8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8A3

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8A3	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.095 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cebe',
    500: '#5ab8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8a3;
$custom-light: #90cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.596,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7192,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8A3

secondary

#CBA3AC

accent

#5873D0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8A3

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

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