#5AC9BE#5AC9BE

#5AC9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9BE
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -34.26, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 34.51, 186.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.1021 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.103 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3933, 47.6613, 56.0923)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9BE #C95A65

analogous

#5AC987 #5AC9BE #5A9DC9

triadic

#5AC9BE #BE5AC9 #C9BE5A

tetradic

#5AC9BE #875AC9 #C95A65 #9DC95A

square

#5AC9BE #875AC9 #C95A65 #9DC95A

split-complementary

#5AC9BE #C95A9D #C9875A

monochromatic

#2A7F77 #39ADA2 #5AC9BE #88D8D0 #B6E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5AC9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#5AC9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9BE

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9BE	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dad1',
    500: '#5ac9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9be;
$custom-light: #93dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.054,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76848,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9BE

secondary

#D6A9AD

accent

#4E5CDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9BE

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

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