#5EB4BE#5EB4BE

#5EB4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.084 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB4BE
RGB	rgb(94, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -23.19, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 26.63, 209.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0761 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.084 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2279, 38.7373, 54.5893)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB4BE #BE685E

analogous

#5EBE98 #5EB4BE #5E84BE

triadic

#5EB4BE #BE5EB4 #B4BE5E

tetradic

#5EB4BE #985EBE #BE685E #84BE5E

square

#5EB4BE #985EBE #BE685E #84BE5E

split-complementary

#5EB4BE #BE5E84 #BE985E

monochromatic

#2E6C73 #40959F #5EB4BE #8AC8D0 #B5DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5EB4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#5EB4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB4BE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB4BE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.084 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cad1',
    500: '#5eb4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb4be;
$custom-light: #93cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB4BE

secondary

#D0ACA8

accent

#6356D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB4BE

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

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