#5EC9C2#5EC9C2

#5EC9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.099 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9C2
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 194)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -32.42, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 32.95, 190.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0979 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.099 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2362, 48.0447, 58.4451)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9C2 #C95E65

analogous

#5EC98D #5EC9C2 #5E9AC9

triadic

#5EC9C2 #C25EC9 #C9C25E

tetradic

#5EC9C2 #8D5EC9 #C95E65 #9AC95E

square

#5EC9C2 #8D5EC9 #C95E65 #9AC95E

split-complementary

#5EC9C2 #C95E9A #C98D5E

monochromatic

#2B817C #3BAFA7 #5EC9C2 #8CD8D3 #BAE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5EC9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#5EC9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9C2

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9C2	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.099 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dad4',
    500: '#5ec9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9c2;
$custom-light: #95dad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.075,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77118,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9C2

secondary

#D7ACAF

accent

#4F58D9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9C2

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

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