#5FB4BF#5FB4BF

#5FB4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.084 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB4BF
RGB	rgb(95, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -22.70, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 26.42, 210.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0749 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.084 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4408, 38.8344, 55.1717)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB4BF #BF6A5F

analogous

#5FBF9A #5FB4BF #5F84BF

triadic

#5FB4BF #BF5FB4 #B4BF5F

tetradic

#5FB4BF #9A5FBF #BF6A5F #84BF5F

square

#5FB4BF #9A5FBF #BF6A5F #84BF5F

split-complementary

#5FB4BF #BF5F84 #BF9A5F

monochromatic

#2F6D75 #4096A1 #5FB4BF #8BC8D0 #B6DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5FB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#5FB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB4BF

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB4BF	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.084 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cad2',
    500: '#5fb4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb4bf;
$custom-light: #93cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.875,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB4BF

secondary

#D1AEA9

accent

#6455D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB4BF

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

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