#5CD9C9#5CD9C9

#5CD9C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.113 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CD9C9
RGB	rgb(92, 217, 201)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -38.45, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 38.54, 183.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.1132 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.113 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7644, 56.1141, 63.9825)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CD9C9 #D95C6C

analogous

#5CD98A #5CD9C9 #5CAAD9

triadic

#5CD9C9 #C95CD9 #D9C95C

tetradic

#5CD9C9 #8A5CD9 #D95C6C #AAD95C

square

#5CD9C9 #8A5CD9 #D95C6C #AAD95C

split-complementary

#5CD9C9 #D95CAA #D98A5C

monochromatic

#239788 #2FC9B5 #5CD9C9 #8EE5D9 #BFF0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5CD9C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#5CD9C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CD9C9

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CD9C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CD9C9	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cd9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 217, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.113 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5d9',
    500: '#5cd9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cd9c9;
$custom-light: #96e5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cd9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.32,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81071,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CD9C9

secondary

#9C3D49

accent

#1C32CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CD9C9

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

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