#5DC9BD#5DC9BD

#5DC9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9BD
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(173, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -33.91, -3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 34.09, 185.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.1007 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.101 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5822, 47.7713, 55.5326)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9BD #C95D69

analogous

#5DC987 #5DC9BD #5D9FC9

triadic

#5DC9BD #BD5DC9 #C9BD5D

tetradic

#5DC9BD #875DC9 #C95D69 #9FC95D

square

#5DC9BD #875DC9 #C95D69 #9FC95D

split-complementary

#5DC9BD #C95D9F #C9875D

monochromatic

#2B8177 #3AAFA2 #5DC9BD #8BD8D0 #B9E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5DC9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#5DC9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9BD

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9BD	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dad0',
    500: '#5dc9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9bd;
$custom-light: #94dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76923,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9BD

secondary

#D7ABB0

accent

#4E5EDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9BD

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

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