#5EC9CE#5EC9CE

#5EC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.098 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9CE
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -29.24, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 31.55, 202.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0928 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.098 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6387, 48.6057, 65.8315)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9CE #CE635E

analogous

#5ECE9B #5EC9CE #5E91CE

triadic

#5EC9CE #CE5EC9 #C9CE5E

tetradic

#5EC9CE #9B5ECE #CE635E #91CE5E

square

#5EC9CE #9B5ECE #CE635E #91CE5E

split-complementary

#5EC9CE #CE5E91 #CE9B5E

monochromatic

#298488 #38B1B7 #5EC9CE #8DD9DC #BCE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5EC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#5EC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9CE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9CE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.098 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9dc',
    500: '#5ec9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9ce;
$custom-light: #96d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.679,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77519,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9CE

secondary

#DAB0AE

accent

#524BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9CE

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

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