#5ED9C8#5ED9C8

#5ED9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.113 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ED9C8
RGB	rgb(94, 217, 200)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 7.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -38.32, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 38.38, 182.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.1125 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.113 183)
XYZ	xyz(39.8496, 56.1716, 63.3745)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ED9C8 #D95E6F

analogous

#5ED98A #5ED9C8 #5EACD9

triadic

#5ED9C8 #C85ED9 #D9C85E

tetradic

#5ED9C8 #8A5ED9 #D95E6F #ACD95E

square

#5ED9C8 #8A5ED9 #D95E6F #ACD95E

split-complementary

#5ED9C8 #D95EAC #D98A5E

monochromatic

#249988 #30CAB5 #5ED9C8 #90E5D9 #C1F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5ED9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#5ED9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ED9C8

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ED9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ED9C8	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ed9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 217, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.113 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5d8',
    500: '#5ed9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ed9c8;
$custom-light: #97e5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ed9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.707,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81105,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.56176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ED9C8

secondary

#9D3E4B

accent

#1C34CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ED9C8

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

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