#5EB4AC#5EB4AC

#5EB4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.084 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4AC
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -27.96, -3.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 28.24, 188.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0837 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.084 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3807, 37.9984, 44.8606)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4AC #B45E66

analogous

#5EB481 #5EB4AC #5E91B4

triadic

#5EB4AC #AC5EB4 #B4AC5E

tetradic

#5EB4AC #815EB4 #B45E66 #91B45E

square

#5EB4AC #815EB4 #B45E66 #91B45E

split-complementary

#5EB4AC #B45E91 #B4815E

monochromatic

#306762 #44918A #5EB4AC #88C7C2 #B1DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#5EB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#5EB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4AC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4AC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.084 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbc4',
    500: '#5eb4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4ac;
$custom-light: #92cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.419,
    "s": 36.441,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71394,
    "c": 0.08448,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4AC

secondary

#C9A5A8

accent

#5B66CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4AC

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

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