#5EB9BE#5EB9BE

#5EB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.087 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9BE
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -25.70, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 27.91, 202.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0817 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.087 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2556, 40.7925, 54.9318)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9BE #BE635E

analogous

#5EBE93 #5EB9BE #5E89BE

triadic

#5EB9BE #BE5EB9 #B9BE5E

tetradic

#5EB9BE #935EBE #BE635E #89BE5E

square

#5EB9BE #935EBE #BE635E #89BE5E

split-complementary

#5EB9BE #BE5E89 #BE935E

monochromatic

#2E7073 #409A9F #5EB9BE #8ACCD0 #B5DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5EB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#5EB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9BE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9BE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.087 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ced1',
    500: '#5eb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9be;
$custom-light: #93ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.125,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7319,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9BE

secondary

#D0AAA8

accent

#5C56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9BE

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

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