#5ED9EC#5ED9EC

#5ED9EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.112 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ED9EC
RGB	rgb(94, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -28.68, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 34.73, 214.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0975 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.112 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5630, 58.0569, 88.1982)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ED9EC #EC715E

analogous

#5EECB8 #5ED9EC #5E92EC

triadic

#5ED9EC #EC5ED9 #D9EC5E

tetradic

#5ED9EC #B85EEC #EC715E #92EC5E

square

#5ED9EC #B85EEC #EC715E #92EC5E

split-complementary

#5ED9EC #EC5E92 #ECB85E

monochromatic

#16A4BA #27CCE6 #5ED9EC #95E6F2 #CBF3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#5ED9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#5ED9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ED9EC

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ED9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ED9EC	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ed9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.112 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99e5f2',
    500: '#5ed9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ed9ec;
$custom-light: #99e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ed9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82312,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ED9EC

secondary

#B94735

accent

#260ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ED9EC

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

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