#5EA5AA#5EA5AA

#5EA5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.072 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5AA
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(184, 31%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 45%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -20.93, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 23.01, 204.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0668 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.072 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3241, 32.1902, 42.9013)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5AA #AA635E

analogous

#5EAA89 #5EA5AA #5E7FAA

triadic

#5EA5AA #AA5EA5 #A5AA5E

tetradic

#5EA5AA #895EAA #AA635E #7FAA5E

square

#5EA5AA #895EAA #AA635E #7FAA5E

split-complementary

#5EA5AA #AA5E7F #AA895E

monochromatic

#315A5D #468185 #5EA5AA #86BBBF #AED2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#5EA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#5EA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5AA

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5AA	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.072 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0c3',
    500: '#5ea5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5aa;
$custom-light: #90c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 30.894,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67739,
    "c": 0.07183,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5AA

secondary

#C3A3A1

accent

#6761C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5AA

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

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