#5AC9AE#5AC9AE

#5AC9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9AE
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -38.25, 3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 38.46, 174.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.1092 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.11 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7396, 46.9998, 47.3827)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9AE #C95A75

analogous

#5AC976 #5AC9AE #5AADC9

triadic

#5AC9AE #AE5AC9 #C9AE5A

tetradic

#5AC9AE #765AC9 #C95A75 #ADC95A

square

#5AC9AE #765AC9 #C95A75 #ADC95A

split-complementary

#5AC9AE #C95AAD #C9765A

monochromatic

#2A7F6A #39AD91 #5AC9AE #88D8C5 #B6E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5AC9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#5AC9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9AE

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9AE	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dac6',
    500: '#5ac9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9ae;
$custom-light: #92dac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76367,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9AE

secondary

#D6A9B4

accent

#4E70DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9AE

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

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