#5EB9BF#5EB9BF

#5EB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.087 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9BF
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -25.43, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 27.87, 204.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0813 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.087 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3652, 40.8364, 55.5094)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9BF #BF645E

analogous

#5EBF94 #5EB9BF #5E88BF

triadic

#5EB9BF #BF5EB9 #B9BF5E

tetradic

#5EB9BF #945EBF #BF645E #88BF5E

square

#5EB9BF #945EBF #BF645E #88BF5E

split-complementary

#5EB9BF #BF5E88 #BF945E

monochromatic

#2E7074 #409AA0 #5EB9BF #8ACCD0 #B6DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5EB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5EB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9BF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9BF	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.087 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ced2',
    500: '#5eb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9bf;
$custom-light: #93ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.711,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73225,
    "c": 0.0872,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9BF

secondary

#D0ABA8

accent

#5D55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9BF

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

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