#5CC9DD#5CC9DD

#5CC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.103 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CC9DD
RGB	rgb(92, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -25.44, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 31.97, 217.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0879 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.103 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3461, 49.2652, 75.8809)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CC9DD #DD705C

analogous

#5CDDB1 #5CC9DD #5C89DD

triadic

#5CC9DD #DD5CC9 #C9DD5C

tetradic

#5CC9DD #B15CDD #DD705C #89DD5C

square

#5CC9DD #B15CDD #DD705C #89DD5C

split-complementary

#5CC9DD #DD5C89 #DDB15C

monochromatic

#218A9E #2BB7D0 #5CC9DD #8FDAE8 #C1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5CC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#5CC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CC9DD

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CC9DD	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cc9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.103 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9e7',
    500: '#5cc9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cc9dd;
$custom-light: #96d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cc9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.302,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77989,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CC9DD

secondary

#E3BAB2

accent

#3418CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CC9DD

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

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