#5FB5BD#5FB5BD

#5FB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.084 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5BD
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -23.75, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 26.65, 206.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0769 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.084 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4249, 39.1521, 54.0880)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5BD #BD675F

analogous

#5FBD96 #5FB5BD #5F86BD

triadic

#5FB5BD #BD5FB5 #B5BD5F

tetradic

#5FB5BD #965FBD #BD675F #86BD5F

square

#5FB5BD #965FBD #BD675F #86BD5F

split-complementary

#5FB5BD #BD5F86 #BD965F

monochromatic

#2F6D72 #41969E #5FB5BD #8AC9CF #B6DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5FB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#5FB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5BD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5BD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.084 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbd0',
    500: '#5fb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5bd;
$custom-light: #93cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.08383,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5BD

secondary

#CFACA8

accent

#6156D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5BD

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

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