#5AB9BE#5AB9BE

#5AB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.090 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9BE
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -26.55, -11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 28.79, 202.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0844 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.09 200)
XYZ	xyz(30.8559, 40.5864, 54.9131)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9BE #BE5F5A

analogous

#5ABE91 #5AB9BE #5A87BE

triadic

#5AB9BE #BE5AB9 #B9BE5A

tetradic

#5AB9BE #915ABE #BE5F5A #87BE5A

square

#5AB9BE #915ABE #BE5F5A #87BE5A

split-complementary

#5AB9BE #BE5A87 #BE915A

monochromatic

#2D6E71 #3E989D #5AB9BE #86CCCF #B2DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5AB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#5AB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9BE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9BE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.090 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ced1',
    500: '#5ab9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9be;
$custom-light: #91ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.08986,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.40589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9BE

secondary

#CFA7A5

accent

#5B55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9BE

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

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