#5DC9C8#5DC9C8

#5DC9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.099 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9C8
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -31.05, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 32.31, 196.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0959 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.099 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8218, 48.2671, 62.0611)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9C8 #C95D5E

analogous

#5DC992 #5DC9C8 #5D94C9

triadic

#5DC9C8 #C85DC9 #C9C85D

tetradic

#5DC9C8 #925DC9 #C95D5E #94C95D

square

#5DC9C8 #925DC9 #C95D5E #94C95D

split-complementary

#5DC9C8 #C95D94 #C9925D

monochromatic

#2B8180 #3AAFAE #5DC9C8 #8BD8D8 #B9E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5DC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#5DC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9C8

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9C8	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.099 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dad8',
    500: '#5dc9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9c8;
$custom-light: #95dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.444,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.09907,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9C8

secondary

#D7ABAC

accent

#4E50DA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9C8

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

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