#5EA5AD#5EA5AD

#5EA5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.072 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5AD
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -20.13, -11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 22.98, 208.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0656 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.072 205)
XYZ	xyz(25.6112, 32.3051, 44.4129)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5AD #AD665E

analogous

#5EAD8E #5EA5AD #5E7EAD

triadic

#5EA5AD #AD5EA5 #A5AD5E

tetradic

#5EA5AD #8E5EAD #AD665E #7EAD5E

square

#5EA5AD #8E5EAD #AD665E #7EAD5E

split-complementary

#5EA5AD #AD5E7E #AD8E5E

monochromatic

#315B60 #458288 #5EA5AD #87BCC2 #AFD2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#5EA5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#5EA5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5AD

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5AD	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.072 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0c5',
    500: '#5ea5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5ad;
$custom-light: #91c0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 32.51,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67846,
    "c": 0.07234,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.32307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5AD

secondary

#C5A6A2

accent

#6A5FC9

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5AD

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

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