#5EB3BE#5EB3BE

#5EB3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.084 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB3BE
RGB	rgb(94, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -22.69, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 26.41, 210.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0749 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.084 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0268, 38.3350, 54.5223)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB3BE #BE695E

analogous

#5EBE99 #5EB3BE #5E83BE

triadic

#5EB3BE #BE5EB3 #B3BE5E

tetradic

#5EB3BE #995EBE #BE695E #83BE5E

square

#5EB3BE #995EBE #BE695E #83BE5E

split-complementary

#5EB3BE #BE5E83 #BE995E

monochromatic

#2E6B73 #40949F #5EB3BE #8AC8D0 #B5DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5EB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#5EB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB3BE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB3BE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.084 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cad1',
    500: '#5eb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb3be;
$custom-light: #93cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.875,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71773,
    "c": 0.08371,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB3BE

secondary

#D0ADA8

accent

#6456D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB3BE

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

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