#5EB4BD#5EB4BD

#5EB4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.084 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4BD
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -23.47, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 26.63, 208.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0765 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.084 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1190, 38.6937, 54.0157)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4BD #BD675E

analogous

#5EBD96 #5EB4BD #5E84BD

triadic

#5EB4BD #BD5EB4 #B4BD5E

tetradic

#5EB4BD #965EBD #BD675E #84BD5E

square

#5EB4BD #965EBD #BD675E #84BD5E

split-complementary

#5EB4BD #BD5E84 #BD965E

monochromatic

#2F6C72 #40959D #5EB4BD #89C8CF #B5DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5EB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#5EB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4BD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4BD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.084 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cad0',
    500: '#5eb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4bd;
$custom-light: #93cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.684,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.08399,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4BD

secondary

#CFABA8

accent

#6256D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4BD

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

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