#5EB5BF#5EB5BF

#5EB5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.085 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB5BF
RGB	rgb(94, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -23.42, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 26.86, 209.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0768 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.085 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5402, 39.1863, 55.2344)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB5BF #BF685E

analogous

#5EBF98 #5EB5BF #5E84BF

triadic

#5EB5BF #BF5EB5 #B5BF5E

tetradic

#5EB5BF #985EBF #BF685E #84BF5E

square

#5EB5BF #985EBF #BF685E #84BF5E

split-complementary

#5EB5BF #BF5E84 #BF985E

monochromatic

#2E6D74 #4096A0 #5EB5BF #8AC9D0 #B6DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5EB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#5EB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB5BF

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB5BF	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.085 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbd2',
    500: '#5eb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb5bf;
$custom-light: #93cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.186,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72281,
    "c": 0.08494,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB5BF

secondary

#D0ACA8

accent

#6255D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB5BF

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

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