#5EC5CE#5EC5CE

#5EC5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.096 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC5CE
RGB	rgb(94, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -27.28, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 30.49, 206.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0884 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.096 203)
XYZ	xyz(35.7184, 46.7650, 65.5248)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC5CE #CE675E

analogous

#5ECE9F #5EC5CE #5E8DCE

triadic

#5EC5CE #CE5EC5 #C5CE5E

tetradic

#5EC5CE #9F5ECE #CE675E #8DCE5E

square

#5EC5CE #9F5ECE #CE675E #8DCE5E

split-complementary

#5EC5CE #CE5E8D #CE9F5E

monochromatic

#298188 #38ADB7 #5EC5CE #8DD6DC #BCE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#5EC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#5EC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC5CE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC5CE	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.096 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d7dd',
    500: '#5ec5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec5ce;
$custom-light: #95d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.821,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7658,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.46768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC5CE

secondary

#DAB1AE

accent

#574BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC5CE

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

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