#5EB9C8#5EB9C8

#5EB9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.089 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB9C8
RGB	rgb(94, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -22.96, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 27.92, 214.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0776 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.089 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3862, 41.2448, 60.8867)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB9C8 #C86D5E

analogous

#5EC8A2 #5EB9C8 #5E84C8

triadic

#5EB9C8 #C85EB9 #B9C85E

tetradic

#5EB9C8 #A25EC8 #C86D5E #84C85E

square

#5EB9C8 #A25EC8 #C86D5E #84C85E

split-complementary

#5EB9C8 #C85E84 #C8A25E

monochromatic

#2C7480 #3B9DAE #5EB9C8 #8CCDD8 #B9E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5EB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5EB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB9C8

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB9C8	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.089 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ced8',
    500: '#5eb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb9c8;
$custom-light: #94ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.491,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB9C8

secondary

#D6B2AC

accent

#634FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB9C8

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

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