#5ED9CA#5ED9CA

#5ED9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.112 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ED9CA
RGB	rgb(94, 217, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -37.82, -2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 37.94, 184.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.1117 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.112 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0849, 56.2657, 64.6136)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ED9CA #D95E6D

analogous

#5ED98C #5ED9CA #5EAAD9

triadic

#5ED9CA #CA5ED9 #D9CA5E

tetradic

#5ED9CA #8C5ED9 #D95E6D #AAD95E

square

#5ED9CA #8C5ED9 #D95E6D #AAD95E

split-complementary

#5ED9CA #D95EAA #D98C5E

monochromatic

#24998A #30CAB7 #5ED9CA #90E5DA #C1F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5ED9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#5ED9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ED9CA

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ED9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ED9CA	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ed9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 217, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.112 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5da',
    500: '#5ed9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ed9ca;
$custom-light: #97e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ed9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81166,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ED9CA

secondary

#9D3E4A

accent

#1C31CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0F1614

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ED9CA

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

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