#5EB5BD#5EB5BD

#5EB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.085 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5BD
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -23.97, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 26.87, 206.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0776 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.085 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3216, 39.0989, 54.0832)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5BD #BD665E

analogous

#5EBD96 #5EB5BD #5E85BD

triadic

#5EB5BD #BD5EB5 #B5BD5E

tetradic

#5EB5BD #965EBD #BD665E #85BD5E

square

#5EB5BD #965EBD #BD665E #85BD5E

split-complementary

#5EB5BD #BD5E85 #BD965E

monochromatic

#2F6C72 #40959D #5EB5BD #89C9CF #B5DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5EB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5EB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5BD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5BD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.085 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbd0',
    500: '#5eb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5bd;
$custom-light: #93cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.053,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72209,
    "c": 0.08455,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5BD

secondary

#CFABA8

accent

#6156D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5BD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →