#5EC9DD#5EC9DD

#5EC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.102 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9DD
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -25.07, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 31.61, 217.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0867 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.102 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5486, 49.3696, 75.8904)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9DD #DD725E

analogous

#5EDDB2 #5EC9DD #5E8ADD

triadic

#5EC9DD #DD5EC9 #C9DD5E

tetradic

#5EC9DD #B25EDD #DD725E #8ADD5E

square

#5EC9DD #B25EDD #DD725E #8ADD5E

split-complementary

#5EC9DD #DD5E8A #DDB25E

monochromatic

#228B9F #2CB8D2 #5EC9DD #91DAE8 #C3EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5EC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#5EC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9DD

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9DD	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.102 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9e7',
    500: '#5ec9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9dd;
$custom-light: #97d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.449,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78059,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9DD

secondary

#E3BBB4

accent

#3519CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9DD

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

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