#5EB6A8#5EB6A8

#5EB6A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.088 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB6A8
RGB	rgb(94, 182, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -29.94, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 29.96, 181.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0878 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.088 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4090, 38.6603, 43.0033)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB6A8 #B65E6C

analogous

#5EB67C #5EB6A8 #5E98B6

triadic

#5EB6A8 #A85EB6 #B6A85E

tetradic

#5EB6A8 #7C5EB6 #B65E6C #98B65E

square

#5EB6A8 #7C5EB6 #B65E6C #98B65E

split-complementary

#5EB6A8 #B65E98 #B67C5E

monochromatic

#306A60 #439487 #5EB6A8 #88C9BF #B2DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5EB6A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#5EB6A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB6A8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB6A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB6A8	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 182, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.088 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ccc1',
    500: '#5eb6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb6a8;
$custom-light: #92ccc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 37.607,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB6A8

secondary

#CBA5AB

accent

#5A6DCE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB6A8

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

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