#5EB8BE#5EB8BE

#5EB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.086 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8BE
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -25.20, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 27.63, 204.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0806 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.086 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0471, 40.3756, 54.8624)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8BE #BE645E

analogous

#5EBE94 #5EB8BE #5E88BE

triadic

#5EB8BE #BE5EB8 #B8BE5E

tetradic

#5EB8BE #945EBE #BE645E #88BE5E

square

#5EB8BE #945EBE #BE645E #88BE5E

split-complementary

#5EB8BE #BE5E88 #BE945E

monochromatic

#2E6F73 #40999F #5EB8BE #8ACBD0 #B5DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5EB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#5EB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8BE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8BE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.086 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cdd1',
    500: '#5eb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8be;
$custom-light: #93cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72954,
    "c": 0.08646,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8BE

secondary

#D0AAA8

accent

#5D56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8BE

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

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