#5EC9CB#5EC9CB

#5EC9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.098 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9CB
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -30.05, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 31.79, 199.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.094 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.098 197)
XYZ	xyz(36.2777, 48.4613, 63.9305)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9CB #CB605E

analogous

#5ECB96 #5EC9CB #5E92CB

triadic

#5EC9CB #CB5EC9 #C9CB5E

tetradic

#5EC9CB #965ECB #CB605E #92CB5E

square

#5EC9CB #965ECB #CB605E #92CB5E

split-complementary

#5EC9CB #CB5E92 #CB965E

monochromatic

#2B8284 #3AB0B2 #5EC9CB #8CD9DA #BBE8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5EC9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#5EC9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9CB

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9CB	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.098 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9da',
    500: '#5ec9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9cb;
$custom-light: #95d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.101,
    "s": 51.174,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77416,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.48465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9CB

secondary

#D8ADAD

accent

#504DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9CB

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

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