#5EB5AC#5EB5AC

#5EB5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.085 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5AC
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -28.45, -3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 28.67, 187.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0849 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.085 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5833, 38.4036, 44.9281)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5AC #B55E67

analogous

#5EB581 #5EB5AC #5E93B5

triadic

#5EB5AC #AC5EB5 #B5AC5E

tetradic

#5EB5AC #815EB5 #B55E67 #93B55E

square

#5EB5AC #815EB5 #B55E67 #93B55E

split-complementary

#5EB5AC #B55E93 #B5815E

monochromatic

#306963 #43928A #5EB5AC #88C8C2 #B2DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5EB5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#5EB5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5AC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5AC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.085 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbc4',
    500: '#5eb5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5ac;
$custom-light: #92cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 37.021,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71634,
    "c": 0.08548,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5AC

secondary

#CAA5A9

accent

#5B67CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5AC

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

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