#5EB8BC#5EB8BC

#5EB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.086 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8BC
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -25.74, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 27.74, 201.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0815 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.086 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8300, 40.2888, 53.7190)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8BC #BC625E

analogous

#5EBC91 #5EB8BC #5E89BC

triadic

#5EB8BC #BC5EB8 #B8BC5E

tetradic

#5EB8BC #915EBC #BC625E #89BC5E

square

#5EB8BC #915EBC #BC625E #89BC5E

split-complementary

#5EB8BC #BC5E89 #BC915E

monochromatic

#2F6E71 #41989C #5EB8BC #89CBCE #B4DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5EB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#5EB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8BC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8BC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.086 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cdd0',
    500: '#5eb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8bc;
$custom-light: #93cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.0863,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8BC

secondary

#CFA9A7

accent

#5C57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8BC

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

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