#5EA5B2#5EA5B2

#5EA5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.074 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA5B2
RGB	rgb(94, 165, 178)
HSL	hsl(189, 35%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 47%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -18.77, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 23.21, 216.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0635 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.074 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1041, 32.5022, 47.0088)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA5B2 #B26B5E

analogous

#5EB295 #5EA5B2 #5E7BB2

triadic

#5EA5B2 #B25EA5 #A5B25E

tetradic

#5EA5B2 #955EB2 #B26B5E #7BB25E

square

#5EA5B2 #955EB2 #B26B5E #7BB25E

split-complementary

#5EA5B2 #B25E7B #B2955E

monochromatic

#305D65 #44838F #5EA5B2 #87BCC6 #B1D3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#5EA5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#5EA5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA5B2

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA5B2	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C96B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 165, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.074 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfc9',
    500: '#5ea5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea5b2;
$custom-light: #91bfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.286,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68029,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA5B2

secondary

#C8A9A4

accent

#6E5CCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA5B2

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

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