#5FB8BC#5FB8BC

#5FB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.086 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB8BC
RGB	rgb(95, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -25.52, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 27.51, 201.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0808 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.086 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9333, 40.3420, 53.7239)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB8BC #BC635F

analogous

#5FBC92 #5FB8BC #5F89BC

triadic

#5FB8BC #BC5FB8 #B8BC5F

tetradic

#5FB8BC #925FBC #BC635F #89BC5F

square

#5FB8BC #925FBC #BC635F #89BC5F

split-complementary

#5FB8BC #BC5F89 #BC925F

monochromatic

#2F6E71 #41989C #5FB8BC #8ACBCE #B5DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5FB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#5FB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB8BC

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB8BC	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.086 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cdd0',
    500: '#5fb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb8bc;
$custom-light: #94cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.581,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB8BC

secondary

#CFAAA8

accent

#5C57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB8BC

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

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