#5CD9E5#5CD9E5

#5CD9E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.111 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CD9E5
RGB	rgb(92, 217, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -30.99, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 35.01, 207.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.1014 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.111 204)
XYZ	xyz(43.3634, 57.5537, 82.9372)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CD9E5 #E5685C

analogous

#5CE5AC #5CD9E5 #5C95E5

triadic

#5CD9E5 #E55CD9 #D9E55C

tetradic

#5CD9E5 #AC5CE5 #E5685C #95E55C

square

#5CD9E5 #AC5CE5 #E5685C #95E55C

split-complementary

#5CD9E5 #E55C95 #E5AC5C

monochromatic

#1B9FAB #27CDDD #5CD9E5 #91E5ED #C6F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#5CD9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#5CD9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CD9E5

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CD9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CD9E5	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cd9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 217, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.111 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e5ed',
    500: '#5cd9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cd9e5;
$custom-light: #98e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cd9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.255,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81996,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.57558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CD9E5

secondary

#AD4338

accent

#2211D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CD9E5

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

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