#5AC9CC#5AC9CC

#5AC9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.101 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9CC
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -30.55, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 32.50, 199.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0961 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.101 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9976, 48.3030, 64.5414)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9CC #CC5D5A

analogous

#5ACC96 #5AC9CC #5A90CC

triadic

#5AC9CC #CC5AC9 #C9CC5A

tetradic

#5AC9CC #965ACC #CC5D5A #90CC5A

square

#5AC9CC #965ACC #CC5D5A #90CC5A

split-complementary

#5AC9CC #CC5A90 #CC965A

monochromatic

#298183 #37AFB2 #5AC9CC #89D8DA #B7E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5AC9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#5AC9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9CC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9CC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.101 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9db',
    500: '#5ac9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9cc;
$custom-light: #93d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7731,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9CC

secondary

#D8ABAA

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9CC

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

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