#5EC9DB#5EC9DB

#5EC9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.101 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9DB
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -25.64, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 31.48, 215.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0875 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.101 210)
XYZ	xyz(38.2837, 49.2637, 74.4954)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9DB #DB705E

analogous

#5EDBAF #5EC9DB #5E8BDB

triadic

#5EC9DB #DB5EC9 #C9DB5E

tetradic

#5EC9DB #AF5EDB #DB705E #8BDB5E

square

#5EC9DB #AF5EDB #DB705E #8BDB5E

split-complementary

#5EC9DB #DB5E8B #DBAF5E

monochromatic

#238A9C #2EB7CE #5EC9DB #90DAE6 #C2EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5EC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#5EC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9DB

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9DB	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.101 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9e6',
    500: '#5ec9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9db;
$custom-light: #97d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.64,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77984,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.49267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9DB

secondary

#E2BAB3

accent

#341ACB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9DB

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

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