#5EB9BB#5EB9BB

#5EB9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.087 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9BB
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -26.51, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 28.12, 199.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.083 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.087 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9311, 40.6627, 53.2228)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9BB #BB605E

analogous

#5EBB8E #5EB9BB #5E8BBB

triadic

#5EB9BB #BB5EB9 #B9BB5E

tetradic

#5EB9BB #8E5EBB #BB605E #8BBB5E

square

#5EB9BB #8E5EBB #BB605E #8BBB5E

split-complementary

#5EB9BB #BB5E8B #BB8E5E

monochromatic

#2F6E70 #41999B #5EB9BB #89CCCD #B4DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5EB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#5EB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9BB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9BB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.087 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cecf',
    500: '#5eb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9bb;
$custom-light: #93cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.29,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73086,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9BB

secondary

#CEA8A7

accent

#5A57D0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9BB

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

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