#5ED9DB#5ED9DB

#5ED9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.109 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ED9DB
RGB	rgb(94, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -33.38, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 35.24, 198.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.1044 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.109 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2097, 57.1156, 75.8040)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ED9DB #DB605E

analogous

#5EDB9F #5ED9DB #5E9BDB

triadic

#5ED9DB #DB5ED9 #D9DB5E

tetradic

#5ED9DB #9F5EDB #DB605E #9BDB5E

square

#5ED9DB #9F5EDB #DB605E #9BDB5E

split-complementary

#5ED9DB #DB5E9B #DB9F5E

monochromatic

#239A9C #2ECBCE #5ED9DB #90E5E6 #C2F1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#5ED9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#5ED9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ED9DB

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ED9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ED9DB	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ed9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.109 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e5e6',
    500: '#5ed9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ed9db;
$custom-light: #98e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ed9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81713,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ED9DB

secondary

#A03F3D

accent

#1D1ACB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ED9DB

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

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