#5EB5AE#5EB5AE

#5EB5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.085 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5AE
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -27.94, -4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 28.30, 189.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.084 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.085 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7768, 38.4810, 45.9473)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5AE #B55E65

analogous

#5EB583 #5EB5AE #5E91B5

triadic

#5EB5AE #AE5EB5 #B5AE5E

tetradic

#5EB5AE #835EB5 #B55E65 #91B55E

square

#5EB5AE #835EB5 #B55E65 #91B55E

split-complementary

#5EB5AE #B55E91 #B5835E

monochromatic

#306964 #43928C #5EB5AE #88C8C3 #B2DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5EB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#5EB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5AE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5AE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.085 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbc6',
    500: '#5eb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5ae;
$custom-light: #92cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.172,
    "s": 37.021,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5AE

secondary

#CAA5A8

accent

#5B64CD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5AE

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

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