#5EB8A9#5EB8A9

#5EB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.090 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8A9
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -30.65, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 30.66, 181.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0897 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.09 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9150, 39.5228, 43.6333)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8A9 #B85E6D

analogous

#5EB87C #5EB8A9 #5E9AB8

triadic

#5EB8A9 #A95EB8 #B8A95E

tetradic

#5EB8A9 #7C5EB8 #B85E6D #9AB85E

square

#5EB8A9 #7C5EB8 #B85E6D #9AB85E

split-complementary

#5EB8A9 #B85E9A #B87C5E

monochromatic

#306C62 #429688 #5EB8A9 #88CBC0 #B3DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5EB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#5EB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8A9

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8A9	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.090 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cdc2',
    500: '#5eb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8a9;
$custom-light: #92cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 38.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8A9

secondary

#CCA6AC

accent

#596DCF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8A9

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

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