#5EC9BD#5EC9BD

#5EC9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.101 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9BD
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -33.71, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 33.88, 185.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.1 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.101 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6841, 47.8238, 55.5374)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9BD #C95E6A

analogous

#5EC987 #5EC9BD #5E9FC9

triadic

#5EC9BD #BD5EC9 #C9BD5E

tetradic

#5EC9BD #875EC9 #C95E6A #9FC95E

square

#5EC9BD #875EC9 #C95E6A #9FC95E

split-complementary

#5EC9BD #C95E9F #C9875E

monochromatic

#2B8178 #3BAFA2 #5EC9BD #8CD8D0 #BAE8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5EC9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#5EC9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9BD

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9BD	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FCDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.101 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dad0',
    500: '#5ec9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9bd;
$custom-light: #95dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.271,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76959,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9BD

secondary

#D7ACB1

accent

#4F5ED9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9BD

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

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