#5EC9DE#5EC9DE

#5EC9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.102 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EC9DE
RGB	rgb(94, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -24.78, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 31.69, 218.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0863 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.102 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6822, 49.4231, 76.5941)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EC9DE #DE735E

analogous

#5EDEB3 #5EC9DE #5E89DE

triadic

#5EC9DE #DE5EC9 #C9DE5E

tetradic

#5EC9DE #B35EDE #DE735E #89DE5E

square

#5EC9DE #B35EDE #DE735E #89DE5E

split-complementary

#5EC9DE #DE5E89 #DEB35E

monochromatic

#218CA1 #2BB8D3 #5EC9DE #91DAE8 #C4EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5EC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#5EC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EC9DE

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EC9DE	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ec9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.102 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9e8',
    500: '#5ec9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ec9de;
$custom-light: #97d9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ec9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.844,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78096,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EC9DE

secondary

#E4BCB4

accent

#3618CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EC9DE

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

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