#5EB5BE#5EB5BE

#5EB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.085 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5BE
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -23.70, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 26.86, 208.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0772 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.085 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4305, 39.1425, 54.6568)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5BE #BE675E

analogous

#5EBE97 #5EB5BE #5E85BE

triadic

#5EB5BE #BE5EB5 #B5BE5E

tetradic

#5EB5BE #975EBE #BE675E #85BE5E

square

#5EB5BE #975EBE #BE675E #85BE5E

split-complementary

#5EB5BE #BE5E85 #BE975E

monochromatic

#2E6D73 #40969F #5EB5BE #8AC9D0 #B5DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5EB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#5EB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5BE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5BE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.085 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbd1',
    500: '#5eb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5be;
$custom-light: #93cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5BE

secondary

#D0ACA8

accent

#6156D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5BE

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

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