#5FB5BC#5FB5BC

#5FB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.084 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5BC
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -24.02, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 26.67, 205.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0773 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.084 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3167, 39.1089, 53.5183)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5BC #BC665F

analogous

#5FBC94 #5FB5BC #5F86BC

triadic

#5FB5BC #BC5FB5 #B5BC5F

tetradic

#5FB5BC #945FBC #BC665F #86BC5F

square

#5FB5BC #945FBC #BC665F #86BC5F

split-complementary

#5FB5BC #BC5F86 #BC945F

monochromatic

#2F6C71 #41959C #5FB5BC #8AC9CE #B5DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5FB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5FB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5BC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5BC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.084 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbd0',
    500: '#5fb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5bc;
$custom-light: #93cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.516,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72215,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5BC

secondary

#CFABA8

accent

#6057D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5BC

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

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