#5CC9CD#5CC9CD

#5CC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.100 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CC9CD
RGB	rgb(92, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -29.90, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 32.02, 201.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0944 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.1 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3151, 48.4528, 65.1843)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CC9CD #CD605C

analogous

#5CCD98 #5CC9CD #5C90CD

triadic

#5CC9CD #CD5CC9 #C9CD5C

tetradic

#5CC9CD #985CCD #CD605C #90CD5C

square

#5CC9CD #985CCD #CD605C #90CD5C

split-complementary

#5CC9CD #CD5C90 #CD985C

monochromatic

#298286 #37B0B4 #5CC9CD #8BD9DB #BAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5CC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#5CC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CC9CD

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CC9CD	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.100 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9dc',
    500: '#5cc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cc9cd;
$custom-light: #95d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.124,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77413,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CC9CD

secondary

#D9ADAC

accent

#504BDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CC9CD

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

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