#5ECDC8#5ECDC8

#5ECDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.102 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ECDC8
RGB	rgb(94, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -32.75, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 33.52, 192.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0997 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.102 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8683, 50.2089, 62.3807)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ECDC8 #CD5E63

analogous

#5ECD90 #5ECDC8 #5E9ACD

triadic

#5ECDC8 #C85ECD #CDC85E

tetradic

#5ECDC8 #905ECD #CD5E63 #9ACD5E

square

#5ECDC8 #905ECD #CD5E63 #9ACD5E

split-complementary

#5ECDC8 #CD5E9A #CD905E

monochromatic

#2A8783 #38B5B0 #5ECDC8 #8DDCD8 #BBEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5ECDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#5ECDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ECDC8

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ECDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ECDC8	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ecdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.102 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcd8',
    500: '#5ecdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ecdc8;
$custom-light: #96dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ecdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.297,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78261,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ECDC8

secondary

#8E4145

accent

#4C52DC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ECDC8

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

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