#5EB5BB#5EB5BB

#5EB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.084 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5BB
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -24.51, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 26.92, 204.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0785 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.084 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1060, 39.0127, 52.9477)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5BB #BB645E

analogous

#5EBB92 #5EB5BB #5E86BB

triadic

#5EB5BB #BB5EB5 #B5BB5E

tetradic

#5EB5BB #925EBB #BB645E #86BB5E

square

#5EB5BB #925EBB #BB645E #86BB5E

split-complementary

#5EB5BB #BB5E86 #BB925E

monochromatic

#2F6B70 #41959B #5EB5BB #89C9CD #B4DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5EB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#5EB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5BB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5BB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.084 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbcf',
    500: '#5eb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5bb;
$custom-light: #93cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.08426,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5BB

secondary

#CEA9A7

accent

#5F57D0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5BB

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

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