#5EC8C9#5EC8C9

#5EC8C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.098 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC8C9
RGB	rgb(94, 200, 201)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -30.10, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 31.66, 198.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0938 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.098 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8086, 47.9019, 62.6059)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC8C9 #C95F5E

analogous

#5EC995 #5EC8C9 #5E92C9

triadic

#5EC8C9 #C95EC8 #C8C95E

tetradic

#5EC8C9 #955EC9 #C95F5E #92C95E

square

#5EC8C9 #955EC9 #C95F5E #92C95E

split-complementary

#5EC8C9 #C95E92 #C9955E

monochromatic

#2B8081 #3BAEAF #5EC8C9 #8CD8D8 #BAE7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5EC8C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#5EC8C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC8C9

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC8C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC8C9	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec8c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 200, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.098 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9d9',
    500: '#5ec8c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec8c9;
$custom-light: #95d9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec8c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77112,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC8C9

secondary

#D7ACAC

accent

#504FD9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC8C9

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

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