#5EA4AA#5EA4AA

#5EA4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.071 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA4AA
RGB	rgb(94, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 31%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 45%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -20.42, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 22.73, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0656 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.071 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1445, 31.8309, 42.8414)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA4AA #AA645E

analogous

#5EAA8A #5EA4AA #5E7EAA

triadic

#5EA4AA #AA5EA4 #A4AA5E

tetradic

#5EA4AA #8A5EAA #AA645E #7EAA5E

square

#5EA4AA #8A5EAA #AA645E #7EAA5E

split-complementary

#5EA4AA #AA5E7E #AA8A5E

monochromatic

#31595D #468085 #5EA4AA #86BBBF #AED1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#5EA4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#5EA4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA4AA

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA4AA	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.071 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfc3',
    500: '#5ea4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea4aa;
$custom-light: #90bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 30.894,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67501,
    "c": 0.07116,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA4AA

secondary

#C3A4A1

accent

#6961C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA4AA

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

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