#5EC9CC#5EC9CC

#5EC9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.098 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9CC
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -29.78, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 31.70, 200.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0936 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.098 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3973, 48.5091, 64.5601)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9CC #CC615E

analogous

#5ECC98 #5EC9CC #5E92CC

triadic

#5EC9CC #CC5EC9 #C9CC5E

tetradic

#5EC9CC #985ECC #CC615E #92CC5E

square

#5EC9CC #985ECC #CC615E #92CC5E

split-complementary

#5EC9CC #CC5E92 #CC985E

monochromatic

#2A8385 #39B0B4 #5EC9CC #8CD9DB #BBE8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5EC9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#5EC9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9CC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9CC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.098 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9db',
    500: '#5ec9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9cc;
$custom-light: #95d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.636,
    "s": 51.887,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7745,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9CC

secondary

#D9AEAD

accent

#504CDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →