#5CD5E6#5CD5E6

#5CD5E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.110 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CD5E6
RGB	rgb(92, 213, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 7.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -28.78, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 34.22, 212.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0969 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.11 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4849, 55.5726, 83.3352)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CD5E6 #E66D5C

analogous

#5CE6B2 #5CD5E6 #5C90E6

triadic

#5CD5E6 #E65CD5 #D5E65C

tetradic

#5CD5E6 #B25CE6 #E66D5C #90E65C

square

#5CD5E6 #B25CE6 #E66D5C #90E65C

split-complementary

#5CD5E6 #E65C90 #E6B25C

monochromatic

#1B9BAD #27C7DE #5CD5E6 #91E3EE #C6F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5CD5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#5CD5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CD5E6

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CD5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CD5E6	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cd5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 213, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.110 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2ee',
    500: '#5cd5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cd5e6;
$custom-light: #97e2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cd5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.391,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81104,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CD5E6

secondary

#AE4738

accent

#2810D6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CD5E6

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

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