#5CA8A6#5CA8A6

#5CA8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.076 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CA8A6
RGB	rgb(92, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(178, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 45%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -24.01, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 24.82, 194.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0737 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.076 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2965, 33.0317, 41.1117)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CA8A6 #A85C5E

analogous

#5CA880 #5CA8A6 #5C84A8

triadic

#5CA8A6 #A65CA8 #A8A65C

tetradic

#5CA8A6 #805CA8 #A85C5E #84A85C

square

#5CA8A6 #805CA8 #A85C5E #84A85C

split-complementary

#5CA8A6 #A85C84 #A8805C

monochromatic

#305A59 #458280 #5CA8A6 #84BDBC #ACD3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#5CA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#5CA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CA8A6

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CA8A6	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ca8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.076 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2c0',
    500: '#5ca8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ca8a6;
$custom-light: #8fc2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ca8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 30.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68227,
    "c": 0.07572,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CA8A6

secondary

#C19FA0

accent

#6164C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CA8A6

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

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