#5EB3BD#5EB3BD

#5EB3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.083 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB3BD
RGB	rgb(94, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -22.96, -13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 26.40, 209.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0753 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.083 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9179, 38.2914, 53.9486)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB3BD #BD685E

analogous

#5EBD97 #5EB3BD #5E83BD

triadic

#5EB3BD #BD5EB3 #B3BD5E

tetradic

#5EB3BD #975EBD #BD685E #83BD5E

square

#5EB3BD #975EBD #BD685E #83BD5E

split-complementary

#5EB3BD #BD5E83 #BD975E

monochromatic

#2F6B72 #40949D #5EB3BD #89C7CF #B5DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5EB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#5EB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB3BD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB3BD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.083 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cad0',
    500: '#5eb3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb3bd;
$custom-light: #93cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71737,
    "c": 0.08347,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB3BD

secondary

#CFACA8

accent

#6356D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB3BD

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

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