#5EC8CD#5EC8CD

#5EC8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.098 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC8CD
RGB	rgb(94, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -29.02, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 31.33, 202.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0921 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.098 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2853, 48.0925, 65.1164)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC8CD #CD635E

analogous

#5ECD9A #5EC8CD #5E90CD

triadic

#5EC8CD #CD5EC8 #C8CD5E

tetradic

#5EC8CD #9A5ECD #CD635E #90CD5E

square

#5EC8CD #9A5ECD #CD635E #90CD5E

split-complementary

#5EC8CD #CD5E90 #CD9A5E

monochromatic

#2A8387 #38B0B5 #5EC8CD #8DD8DC #BBE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5EC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#5EC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC8CD

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC8CD	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.098 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9dc',
    500: '#5ec8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec8cd;
$custom-light: #95d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.703,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77249,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC8CD

secondary

#D9AFAD

accent

#524CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC8CD

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

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