#5AB9BB#5AB9BB

#5AB9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.090 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9BB
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -27.37, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 29.01, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0857 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.09 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5314, 40.4566, 53.2040)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9BB #BB5C5A

analogous

#5ABB8D #5AB9BB #5A89BB

triadic

#5AB9BB #BB5AB9 #B9BB5A

tetradic

#5AB9BB #8D5ABB #BB5C5A #89BB5A

square

#5AB9BB #8D5ABB #BB5C5A #89BB5A

split-complementary

#5AB9BB #BB5A89 #BB8D5A

monochromatic

#2D6C6D #3F9799 #5AB9BB #85CBCD #B1DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5AB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#5AB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9BB

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9BB	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.090 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cecf',
    500: '#5ab9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9bb;
$custom-light: #91cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.237,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72929,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9BB

secondary

#CDA5A4

accent

#5956D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9BB

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

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