#5EC9DC#5EC9DC

#5EC9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.101 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9DC
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -25.35, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 31.54, 216.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0871 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.101 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4158, 49.3165, 75.1908)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9DC #DC715E

analogous

#5EDCB0 #5EC9DC #5E8ADC

triadic

#5EC9DC #DC5EC9 #C9DC5E

tetradic

#5EC9DC #B05EDC #DC715E #8ADC5E

square

#5EC9DC #B05EDC #DC715E #8ADC5E

split-complementary

#5EC9DC #DC5E8A #DCB05E

monochromatic

#228B9D #2DB7D0 #5EC9DC #90DAE7 #C3EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5EC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#5EC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9DC

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9DC	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.101 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9e6',
    500: '#5ec9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9dc;
$custom-light: #97d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.048,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78021,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9DC

secondary

#E2BBB3

accent

#3419CC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9DC

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

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