#5EB9BC#5EB9BC

#5EB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.087 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9BC
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -26.24, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 28.04, 200.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0826 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.087 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0385, 40.7057, 53.7885)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9BC #BC615E

analogous

#5EBC90 #5EB9BC #5E8ABC

triadic

#5EB9BC #BC5EB9 #B9BC5E

tetradic

#5EB9BC #905EBC #BC615E #8ABC5E

square

#5EB9BC #905EBC #BC615E #8ABC5E

split-complementary

#5EB9BC #BC5E8A #BC905E

monochromatic

#2F6F71 #41999C #5EB9BC #89CCCE #B4DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5EB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#5EB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9BC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9BC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.087 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ced0',
    500: '#5eb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9bc;
$custom-light: #93ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.915,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73121,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9BC

secondary

#CFA9A7

accent

#5B57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9BC

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

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