#5FA5AB#5FA5AB

#5FA5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.071 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5AB
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(185, 31%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -20.42, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 22.74, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0656 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.071 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5223, 32.2815, 43.4062)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5AB #AB655F

analogous

#5FAB8B #5FA5AB #5F7FAB

triadic

#5FA5AB #AB5FA5 #A5AB5F

tetradic

#5FA5AB #8B5FAB #AB655F #7FAB5F

square

#5FA5AB #8B5FAB #AB655F #7FAB5F

split-complementary

#5FA5AB #AB5F7F #AB8B5F

monochromatic

#315B5E #478186 #5FA5AB #87BCC0 #AFD2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#5FA5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#5FA5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5AB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5AB	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AAAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.071 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0c4',
    500: '#5fa5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5ab;
$custom-light: #91c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 31.148,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67822,
    "c": 0.07116,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5AB

secondary

#C3A5A2

accent

#6960C7

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5AB

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

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