#5DC3CE#5DC3CE

#5DC3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.096 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC3CE
RGB	rgb(93, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -26.49, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 30.22, 208.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0869 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.096 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1653, 45.8102, 65.3696)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC3CE #CE685D

analogous

#5DCEA0 #5DC3CE #5D8ACE

triadic

#5DC3CE #CE5DC3 #C3CE5D

tetradic

#5DC3CE #A05DCE #CE685D #8ACE5D

square

#5DC3CE #A05DCE #CE685D #8ACE5D

split-complementary

#5DC3CE #CE5D8A #CEA05D

monochromatic

#297E88 #37AAB7 #5DC3CE #8CD4DC #BBE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5DC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#5DC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC3CE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC3CE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.096 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d5dd',
    500: '#5dc3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc3ce;
$custom-light: #95d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.841,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76074,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC3CE

secondary

#DAB1AD

accent

#594BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC3CE

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

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