#5EA4AC#5EA4AC

#5EA4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.072 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA4AC
RGB	rgb(94, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 32%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 45%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -19.88, -11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 22.73, 209.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0648 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.072 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3351, 31.9072, 43.8454)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA4AC #AC665E

analogous

#5EAC8D #5EA4AC #5E7DAC

triadic

#5EA4AC #AC5EA4 #A4AC5E

tetradic

#5EA4AC #8D5EAC #AC665E #7DAC5E

square

#5EA4AC #8D5EAC #AC665E #7DAC5E

split-complementary

#5EA4AC #AC5E7D #AC8D5E

monochromatic

#315A5F #468087 #5EA4AC #86BBC1 #AFD2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#5EA4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#5EA4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA4AC

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA4AC	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.072 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfc4',
    500: '#5ea4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea4ac;
$custom-light: #91bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 31.967,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67573,
    "c": 0.07154,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA4AC

secondary

#C4A5A2

accent

#6A60C8

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA4AC

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

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