#5EA5A2#5EA5A2

#5EA5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.072 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5A2
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 162)
HSL	hsl(177, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -23.03, -5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 23.66, 193.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0703 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.072 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5903, 31.8967, 39.0363)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5A2 #A55E61

analogous

#5EA57E #5EA5A2 #5E84A5

triadic

#5EA5A2 #A25EA5 #A5A25E

tetradic

#5EA5A2 #7E5EA5 #A55E61 #84A55E

square

#5EA5A2 #7E5EA5 #A55E61 #84A55E

split-complementary

#5EA5A2 #A55E84 #A57E5E

monochromatic

#315856 #477F7D #5EA5A2 #85BBB9 #ADD1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#5EA5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#5EA5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5A2

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5A2	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	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)

#9D9FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DA9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.072 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0bd',
    500: '#5ea5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5a2;
$custom-light: #90c0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67464,
    "c": 0.07186,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5A2

secondary

#BFA0A1

accent

#6367C5

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5A2

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

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