#5FB4BD#5FB4BD

#5FB4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.083 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB4BD
RGB	rgb(95, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -23.24, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 26.40, 208.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0758 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.083 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2223, 38.7469, 54.0205)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB4BD #BD685F

analogous

#5FBD97 #5FB4BD #5F85BD

triadic

#5FB4BD #BD5FB4 #B4BD5F

tetradic

#5FB4BD #975FBD #BD685F #85BD5F

square

#5FB4BD #975FBD #BD685F #85BD5F

split-complementary

#5FB4BD #BD5F85 #BD975F

monochromatic

#2F6C72 #41959E #5FB4BD #8AC8CF #B6DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5FB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#5FB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB4BD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB4BD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.083 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cad0',
    500: '#5fb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb4bd;
$custom-light: #93cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.745,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72015,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB4BD

secondary

#CFACA8

accent

#6256D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB4BD

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

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