#5EC9CF#5EC9CF

#5EC9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9CF
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -28.96, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 31.49, 203.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0924 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7606, 48.6544, 66.4734)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9CF #CF645E

analogous

#5ECF9D #5EC9CF #5E91CF

triadic

#5EC9CF #CF5EC9 #C9CF5E

tetradic

#5EC9CF #9D5ECF #CF645E #91CF5E

square

#5EC9CF #9D5ECF #CF645E #91CF5E

split-complementary

#5EC9CF #CF5E91 #CF9D5E

monochromatic

#29848A #37B2B9 #5EC9CF #8DD9DD #BCE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5EC9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#5EC9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9CF

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9CF	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9dd',
    500: '#5ec9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9cf;
$custom-light: #96d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.186,
    "s": 54.067,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77553,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9CF

secondary

#DBB1AE

accent

#524ADD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9CF

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

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