#5CD9CC#5CD9CC

#5CD9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CD9CC
RGB	rgb(92, 217, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -37.69, -4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 37.90, 186.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.1119 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.113 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1207, 56.2566, 65.8593)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CD9CC #D95C69

analogous

#5CD98D #5CD9CC #5CA7D9

triadic

#5CD9CC #CC5CD9 #D9CC5C

tetradic

#5CD9CC #8D5CD9 #D95C69 #A7D95C

square

#5CD9CC #8D5CD9 #D95C69 #A7D95C

split-complementary

#5CD9CC #D95CA7 #D98D5C

monochromatic

#23978B #2FC9B9 #5CD9CC #8EE5DC #BFF0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5CD9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#5CD9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CD9CC

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CD9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CD9CC	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cd9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 217, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5db',
    500: '#5cd9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cd9cc;
$custom-light: #96e5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cd9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.76,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81163,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CD9CC

secondary

#9C3D47

accent

#1C2ECA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CD9CC

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

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