#5EC3CE#5EC3CE

#5EC3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.095 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC3CE
RGB	rgb(94, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -26.30, -14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 30.02, 208.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0862 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.095 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2672, 45.8628, 65.3744)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC3CE #CE695E

analogous

#5ECEA1 #5EC3CE #5E8BCE

triadic

#5EC3CE #CE5EC3 #C3CE5E

tetradic

#5EC3CE #A15ECE #CE695E #8BCE5E

square

#5EC3CE #A15ECE #CE695E #8BCE5E

split-complementary

#5EC3CE #CE5E8B #CEA15E

monochromatic

#297F88 #38ABB7 #5EC3CE #8DD4DC #BCE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#5EC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#5EC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC3CE

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC3CE	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.095 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d5dd',
    500: '#5ec3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec3ce;
$custom-light: #95d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.893,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76111,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC3CE

secondary

#DAB2AE

accent

#594BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC3CE

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

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