#5FA5AA#5FA5AA

#5FA5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.071 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5AA
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(184, 31%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -20.69, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 22.76, 204.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.066 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.071 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4274, 32.2435, 42.9061)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5AA #AA645F

analogous

#5FAA8A #5FA5AA #5F80AA

triadic

#5FA5AA #AA5FA5 #A5AA5F

tetradic

#5FA5AA #8A5FAA #AA645F #80AA5F

square

#5FA5AA #8A5FAA #AA645F #80AA5F

split-complementary

#5FA5AA #AA5F80 #AA8A5F

monochromatic

#315A5D #478185 #5FA5AA #87BBBF #AFD2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#5FA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#5FA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5AA

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5AA	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AAAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.071 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0c3',
    500: '#5fa5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5aa;
$custom-light: #91c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67787,
    "c": 0.07102,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5AA

secondary

#C3A4A2

accent

#6861C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5AA

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

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