#5FB9BF#5FB9BF

#5FB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.086 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9BF
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -25.22, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 27.64, 204.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0806 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.086 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4685, 40.8896, 55.5143)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9BF #BF655F

analogous

#5FBF95 #5FB9BF #5F89BF

triadic

#5FB9BF #BF5FB9 #B9BF5F

tetradic

#5FB9BF #955FBF #BF655F #89BF5F

square

#5FB9BF #955FBF #BF655F #89BF5F

split-complementary

#5FB9BF #BF5F89 #BF955F

monochromatic

#2F7075 #409BA1 #5FB9BF #8BCCD0 #B6DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5FB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#5FB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9BF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9BF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EBFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.086 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ced2',
    500: '#5fb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9bf;
$custom-light: #94ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73265,
    "c": 0.08649,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9BF

secondary

#D1ACA9

accent

#5D55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9BF

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

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