#5ED9CD#5ED9CD

#5ED9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.111 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ED9CD
RGB	rgb(94, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -37.06, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 37.32, 186.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.1104 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.111 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4435, 56.4091, 66.5024)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ED9CD #D95E6A

analogous

#5ED98F #5ED9CD #5EA7D9

triadic

#5ED9CD #CD5ED9 #D9CD5E

tetradic

#5ED9CD #8F5ED9 #D95E6A #A7D95E

square

#5ED9CD #8F5ED9 #D95E6A #A7D95E

split-complementary

#5ED9CD #D95EA7 #D98F5E

monochromatic

#24998D #30CABB #5ED9CD #90E5DC #C1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5ED9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#5ED9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ED9CD

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ED9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ED9CD	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ed9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.111 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5dc',
    500: '#5ed9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ed9cd;
$custom-light: #97e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ed9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81259,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ED9CD

secondary

#9D3E47

accent

#1C2DCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ED9CD

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

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