#5EB4B5#5EB4B5

#5EB4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.083 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4B5
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 181)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -25.62, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 27.01, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0798 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.083 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2745, 38.3559, 49.5678)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4B5 #B55F5E

analogous

#5EB58B #5EB4B5 #5E89B5

triadic

#5EB4B5 #B55EB4 #B4B55E

tetradic

#5EB4B5 #8B5EB5 #B55F5E #89B55E

square

#5EB4B5 #8B5EB5 #B55F5E #89B55E

split-complementary

#5EB4B5 #B55E89 #B58B5E

monochromatic

#306869 #439292 #5EB4B5 #88C8C8 #B2DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5EB4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#5EB4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4B5

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4B5	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)

#AAADB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.083 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cacb',
    500: '#5eb4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4b5;
$custom-light: #92cacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.69,
    "s": 37.021,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71693,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4B5

secondary

#CAA5A5

accent

#5C5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4B5

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

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