#5DC9BC#5DC9BC

#5DC9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9BC
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(173, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -34.17, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 34.29, 184.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.1011 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.101 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4740, 47.7280, 54.9629)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9BC #C95D6A

analogous

#5DC986 #5DC9BC #5DA0C9

triadic

#5DC9BC #BC5DC9 #C9BC5D

tetradic

#5DC9BC #865DC9 #C95D6A #A0C95D

square

#5DC9BC #865DC9 #C95D6A #A0C95D

split-complementary

#5DC9BC #C95DA0 #C9865D

monochromatic

#2B8176 #3AAFA1 #5DC9BC #8BD8CF #B9E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5DC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#5DC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9BC

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9BC	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dad0',
    500: '#5dc9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9bc;
$custom-light: #94dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.778,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76891,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9BC

secondary

#D7ABB0

accent

#4E5FDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9BC

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

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