#5AB8BB#5AB8BB

#5AB8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.089 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8BB
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -26.88, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 28.69, 200.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0846 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.089 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3229, 40.0397, 53.1345)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8BB #BB5D5A

analogous

#5ABB8E #5AB8BB #5A88BB

triadic

#5AB8BB #BB5AB8 #B8BB5A

tetradic

#5AB8BB #8E5ABB #BB5D5A #88BB5A

square

#5AB8BB #8E5ABB #BB5D5A #88BB5A

split-complementary

#5AB8BB #BB5A88 #BB8E5A

monochromatic

#2D6B6D #3F9699 #5AB8BB #85CBCD #B1DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5AB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#5AB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8BB

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8BB	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.089 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdcf',
    500: '#5ab8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8bb;
$custom-light: #91cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.856,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8BB

secondary

#CDA5A4

accent

#5A56D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8BB

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

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