#5FB9BC#5FB9BC

#5FB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.086 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9BC
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -26.02, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 27.81, 200.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0819 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.086 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1417, 40.7589, 53.7934)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9BC #BC625F

analogous

#5FBC90 #5FB9BC #5F8BBC

triadic

#5FB9BC #BC5FB9 #B9BC5F

tetradic

#5FB9BC #905FBC #BC625F #8BBC5F

square

#5FB9BC #905FBC #BC625F #8BBC5F

split-complementary

#5FB9BC #BC5F8B #BC905F

monochromatic

#2F6F71 #41999C #5FB9BC #8ACCCE #B5DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5FB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5FB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9BC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9BC	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.086 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ced0',
    500: '#5fb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9bc;
$custom-light: #94ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9BC

secondary

#CFA9A8

accent

#5B57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9BC

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

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