#5FA8A9#5FA8A9

#5FA8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.073 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA8A9
RGB	rgb(95, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -22.49, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 23.75, 198.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0701 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.073 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8806, 33.3007, 42.5923)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA8A9 #A9605F

analogous

#5FA985 #5FA8A9 #5F83A9

triadic

#5FA8A9 #A95FA8 #A8A95F

tetradic

#5FA8A9 #855FA9 #A9605F #83A95F

square

#5FA8A9 #855FA9 #A9605F #83A95F

split-complementary

#5FA8A9 #A95F83 #A9855F

monochromatic

#325C5C #478384 #5FA8A9 #87BEBE #AFD3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#5FA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#5FA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA8A9

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA8A9	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.073 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2c2',
    500: '#5fa8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa8a9;
$custom-light: #91c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.811,
    "s": 30.081,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68466,
    "c": 0.0732,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA8A9

secondary

#C2A2A2

accent

#6361C6

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA8A9

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

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