#5EB9BD#5EB9BD

#5EB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.087 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9BD
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -25.97, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 27.97, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0822 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.087 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1467, 40.7490, 54.3582)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9BD #BD625E

analogous

#5EBD91 #5EB9BD #5E8ABD

triadic

#5EB9BD #BD5EB9 #B9BD5E

tetradic

#5EB9BD #915EBD #BD625E #8ABD5E

square

#5EB9BD #915EBD #BD625E #8ABD5E

split-complementary

#5EB9BD #BD5E8A #BD915E

monochromatic

#2F6F72 #40999D #5EB9BD #89CCCF #B5DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5EB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5EB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9BD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9BD	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.087 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ced0',
    500: '#5eb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9bd;
$custom-light: #93ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.526,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73155,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9BD

secondary

#CFA9A8

accent

#5B56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9BD

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

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