#5EC9CD#5EC9CD

#5EC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.098 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9CD
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -29.51, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 31.62, 201.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0932 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.098 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5176, 48.5572, 65.1938)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9CD #CD625E

analogous

#5ECD99 #5EC9CD #5E91CD

triadic

#5EC9CD #CD5EC9 #C9CD5E

tetradic

#5EC9CD #995ECD #CD625E #91CD5E

square

#5EC9CD #995ECD #CD625E #91CD5E

split-complementary

#5EC9CD #CD5E91 #CD995E

monochromatic

#2A8387 #38B1B5 #5EC9CD #8DD9DC #BBE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5EC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#5EC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9CD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9CD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.098 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9dc',
    500: '#5ec9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9cd;
$custom-light: #95d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.162,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77484,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9CD

secondary

#D9AFAD

accent

#514CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9CD

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

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