#5FB8BE#5FB8BE

#5FB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.086 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB8BE
RGB	rgb(95, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -24.99, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 27.41, 204.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0799 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.086 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1504, 40.4288, 54.8672)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB8BE #BE655F

analogous

#5FBE94 #5FB8BE #5F88BE

triadic

#5FB8BE #BE5FB8 #B8BE5F

tetradic

#5FB8BE #945FBE #BE655F #88BE5F

square

#5FB8BE #945FBE #BE655F #88BE5F

split-complementary

#5FB8BE #BE5F88 #BE945F

monochromatic

#2F6F74 #41999F #5FB8BE #8BCBD0 #B6DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5FB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#5FB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB8BE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB8BE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.086 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cdd1',
    500: '#5fb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb8be;
$custom-light: #94cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.789,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.08576,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB8BE

secondary

#D0ABA9

accent

#5E56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB8BE

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

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