#5EA8A9#5EA8A9

#5EA8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.074 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EA8A9
RGB	rgb(94, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -22.74, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 24.01, 198.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0709 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.074 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7774, 33.2475, 42.5875)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EA8A9 #A95F5E

analogous

#5EA985 #5EA8A9 #5E83A9

triadic

#5EA8A9 #A95EA8 #A8A95E

tetradic

#5EA8A9 #855EA9 #A95F5E #83A95E

square

#5EA8A9 #855EA9 #A95F5E #83A95E

split-complementary

#5EA8A9 #A95E83 #A9855E

monochromatic

#315B5C #468384 #5EA8A9 #86BEBE #AED3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#5EA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#5EA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EA8A9

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EA8A9	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ea8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.074 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2c2',
    500: '#5ea8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ea8a9;
$custom-light: #91c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ea8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.8,
    "s": 30.364,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6842,
    "c": 0.07399,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EA8A9

secondary

#C2A1A1

accent

#6361C7

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EA8A9

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

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