#5EB8B3#5EB8B3

#5EB8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.087 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8B3
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -28.12, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 28.70, 191.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0853 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.087 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8899, 39.9127, 48.7679)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8B3 #B85E63

analogous

#5EB886 #5EB8B3 #5E90B8

triadic

#5EB8B3 #B35EB8 #B8B35E

tetradic

#5EB8B3 #865EB8 #B85E63 #90B85E

square

#5EB8B3 #865EB8 #B85E63 #90B85E

split-complementary

#5EB8B3 #B85E90 #B8865E

monochromatic

#306C69 #429692 #5EB8B3 #88CBC7 #B3DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5EB8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#5EB8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8B3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8B3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ABCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.087 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cdc9',
    500: '#5eb8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8b3;
$custom-light: #92cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 38.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.0868,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8B3

secondary

#CCA6A8

accent

#5960CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8B3

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

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