#5CD9C6#5CD9C6

#5CD9C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.115 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CD9C6
RGB	rgb(92, 217, 198)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 8.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -39.21, -1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 39.22, 181.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.1145 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.115 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4149, 55.9743, 62.1421)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CD9C6 #D95C6F

analogous

#5CD987 #5CD9C6 #5CADD9

triadic

#5CD9C6 #C65CD9 #D9C65C

tetradic

#5CD9C6 #875CD9 #D95C6F #ADD95C

square

#5CD9C6 #875CD9 #D95C6F #ADD95C

split-complementary

#5CD9C6 #D95CAD #D9875C

monochromatic

#239786 #2FC9B2 #5CD9C6 #8EE5D7 #BFF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5CD9C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#5CD9C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CD9C6

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CD9C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CD9C6	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cd9c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 217, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.115 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5d7',
    500: '#5cd9c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cd9c6;
$custom-light: #96e5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cd9c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.88,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8098,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CD9C6

secondary

#9C3D4C

accent

#1C36CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CD9C6

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

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