#5EA5AC#5EA5AC

#5EA5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.072 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5AC
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 172)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 45%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -20.40, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 22.98, 207.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.066 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.072 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5148, 32.2665, 43.9052)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5AC #AC655E

analogous

#5EAC8C #5EA5AC #5E7EAC

triadic

#5EA5AC #AC5EA5 #A5AC5E

tetradic

#5EA5AC #8C5EAC #AC655E #7EAC5E

square

#5EA5AC #8C5EAC #AC655E #7EAC5E

split-complementary

#5EA5AC #AC5E7E #AC8C5E

monochromatic

#315B5F #468187 #5EA5AC #86BCC1 #AFD2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#5EA5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#5EA5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5AC

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5AC	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.072 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0c4',
    500: '#5ea5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5ac;
$custom-light: #91c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.385,
    "s": 31.967,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67811,
    "c": 0.07214,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5AC

secondary

#C4A5A2

accent

#6960C8

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5AC

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

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