#5EC9CA#5EC9CA

#5EC9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.098 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9CA
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -30.31, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 31.88, 198.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0945 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.098 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1590, 48.4138, 63.3049)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9CA #CA5F5E

analogous

#5ECA95 #5EC9CA #5E93CA

triadic

#5EC9CA #CA5EC9 #C9CA5E

tetradic

#5EC9CA #955ECA #CA5F5E #93CA5E

square

#5EC9CA #955ECA #CA5F5E #93CA5E

split-complementary

#5EC9CA #CA5E93 #CA955E

monochromatic

#2B8283 #3AB0B1 #5EC9CA #8CD8D9 #BAE8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5EC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#5EC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9CA

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9CA	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.098 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9da',
    500: '#5ec9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9ca;
$custom-light: #95d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.556,
    "s": 50.467,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77382,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9CA

secondary

#D7ADAC

accent

#4F4EDA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9CA

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

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