#5DC9CA#5DC9CA

#5DC9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.099 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9CA
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -30.51, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 32.09, 198.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0951 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.099 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0570, 48.3612, 63.3001)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9CA #CA5E5D

analogous

#5DCA94 #5DC9CA #5D93CA

triadic

#5DC9CA #CA5DC9 #C9CA5D

tetradic

#5DC9CA #945DCA #CA5E5D #93CA5D

square

#5DC9CA #945DCA #CA5E5D #93CA5D

split-complementary

#5DC9CA #CA5D93 #CA945D

monochromatic

#2B8182 #3AAFB0 #5DC9CA #8BD8D9 #B9E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5DC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#5DC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9CA

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9CA	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.099 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9da',
    500: '#5dc9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9ca;
$custom-light: #95d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.55,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77346,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9CA

secondary

#D7ACAC

accent

#4F4EDA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9CA

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

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