#5ED9CE#5ED9CE

#5ED9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.111 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ED9CE
RGB	rgb(94, 217, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -36.80, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 37.13, 187.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.1099 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.111 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5646, 56.4576, 67.1402)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ED9CE #D95E69

analogous

#5ED990 #5ED9CE #5EA6D9

triadic

#5ED9CE #CE5ED9 #D9CE5E

tetradic

#5ED9CE #905ED9 #D95E69 #A6D95E

square

#5ED9CE #905ED9 #D95E69 #A6D95E

split-complementary

#5ED9CE #D95EA6 #D9905E

monochromatic

#24998E #30CABC #5ED9CE #90E5DD #C1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5ED9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#5ED9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ED9CE

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ED9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ED9CE	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ed9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 217, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.111 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5dc',
    500: '#5ed9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ed9ce;
$custom-light: #97e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ed9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.634,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8129,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ED9CE

secondary

#9D3E47

accent

#1C2BCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ED9CE

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

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