#5EC8DD#5EC8DD

#5EC8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.102 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC8DD
RGB	rgb(94, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -24.57, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 31.49, 218.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0856 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.102 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3162, 48.9049, 75.8129)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC8DD #DD735E

analogous

#5EDDB2 #5EC8DD #5E89DD

triadic

#5EC8DD #DD5EC8 #C8DD5E

tetradic

#5EC8DD #B25EDD #DD735E #89DD5E

square

#5EC8DD #B25EDD #DD735E #89DD5E

split-complementary

#5EC8DD #DD5E89 #DDB25E

monochromatic

#228A9F #2CB6D2 #5EC8DD #91D9E8 #C3EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5EC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#5EC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC8DD

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC8DD	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.102 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9e7',
    500: '#5ec8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec8dd;
$custom-light: #97d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.921,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77827,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC8DD

secondary

#E3BCB4

accent

#3619CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC8DD

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

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