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#5ED4BC Color

#5ED4BC is rgb(94, 212, 188) in RGB, hsl(168, 58%, 60%) in HSL, and about cmyk(56%, 0%, 11%, 17%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.02. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#5ED4BC
HEX#5ED4BC
RGBrgb(94, 212, 188)
HSLhsl(168, 58%, 60%)
HSVhsv(168, 56%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(56%, 0%, 11%, 17%)
OKLCHoklch(79.6% 0.113 177.8)
LABlab(77.72% -39.22 1.32)
LCHlch(77.72% 39.24 178.08)

What #5ED4BC Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #5ED4BC, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Medium Aquamarine#66CDAAΔE 7.02Turquoise#40E0D0ΔE 9.03Pearl Aqua#88D8C0ΔE 10.25Medium Turquoise#48D1CCΔE 10.36Keppel#3AB09EΔE 12.97Middle Blue Green#8DD9CCΔE 13.35

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#5ED4BC Channel Values

How #5ED4BC breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 94 · G 212 · B 1888-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 168° · S 58% · L 60%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 168° · S 56% · V 83%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 56% · M 0% · Y 11% · K 17%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.81:1 vs white · 11.62:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #5ED4BC background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.81:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text11.62:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #5ED4BC in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #5ED4BC

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #5ED4BC; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#5ED4BC
Complementary
#D45E76
Analogous
#5ED481
Analogous
#5EB1D4
Triadic
#BC5ED4
Triadic
#D4BC5E
Split comp.
#D45EB1
Split comp.
#D4815E

Tints & Shades of #5ED4BC

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#72DAC5
#8AE0CF
#9EE5D7
#B6ECE1
#CBF1E9
#E3F8F3

Shades

#3ECCAF
#2FB197
#27917C
#1E7160
#155145
#0D3029

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #5ED4BC.

How #5ED4BC Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#5ED4BC
Protanopia#C6C6BC
Protanomaly#A7CCBC
Deuteranopia#B8B8BF
Deuteranomaly#9CC4BE
Tritanopia#66D1D1
Tritanomaly#63D2C9
Achromatopsia#C1C1C1

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #5ED4BC in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-5ed4bc: #5ED4BC;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #5ED4BC;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-5ed4bc': '#5ED4BC' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.369, green: 0.831, blue: 0.737)
Android XML<color name="color_5ed4bc">#5ED4BC</color>
SVG fillfill="#5ED4BC"

More Green Colors

#5ED4BC sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#5ED4BC Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #5ED4BC?

#5ED4BC is a light green — rgb(94, 212, 188) in RGB and hsl(168, 58%, 60%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.02.

What is the RGB value of #5ED4BC?

#5ED4BC is rgb(94, 212, 188) — red 94, green 212, and blue 188 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #5ED4BC?

#5ED4BC converts to approximately cmyk(56%, 0%, 11%, 17%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #5ED4BC be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #5ED4BC scores 1.81:1 against white and 11.62:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #5ED4BC as a CSS color keyword?

No. #5ED4BC is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is mediumaquamarine (#66CDAA) at a CIE76 distance of 7.02, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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