#5EC9BC#5EC9BC

#5EC9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9BC
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -33.96, -2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 34.08, 184.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.1005 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.101 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5759, 47.7806, 54.9677)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9BC #C95E6B

analogous

#5EC986 #5EC9BC #5EA1C9

triadic

#5EC9BC #BC5EC9 #C9BC5E

tetradic

#5EC9BC #865EC9 #C95E6B #A1C95E

square

#5EC9BC #865EC9 #C95E6B #A1C95E

split-complementary

#5EC9BC #C95EA1 #C9865E

monochromatic

#2B8177 #3BAFA1 #5EC9BC #8CD8CF #BAE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5EC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#5EC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9BC

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9BC	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dad0',
    500: '#5ec9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9bc;
$custom-light: #94dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.71,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76928,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9BC

secondary

#D7ACB1

accent

#4F5FD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9BC

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

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