#5CD8E6#5CD8E6

#5CD8E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.111 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CD8E6
RGB	rgb(92, 216, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -30.23, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 34.79, 209.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.1 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.111 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2464, 57.0957, 83.5890)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CD8E6 #E66A5C

analogous

#5CE6AF #5CD8E6 #5C93E6

triadic

#5CD8E6 #E65CD8 #D8E65C

tetradic

#5CD8E6 #AF5CE6 #E66A5C #93E65C

square

#5CD8E6 #AF5CE6 #E66A5C #93E65C

split-complementary

#5CD8E6 #E65C93 #E6AF5C

monochromatic

#1B9EAD #27CBDE #5CD8E6 #91E5EE #C6F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#5CD8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#5CD8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CD8E6

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CD8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CD8E6	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cd8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 216, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.111 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e4ed',
    500: '#5cd8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cd8e6;
$custom-light: #98e4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cd8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81799,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CD8E6

secondary

#AE4438

accent

#2410D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CD8E6

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

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