#5DC9CB#5DC9CB

#5DC9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.099 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9CB
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -30.24, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 31.99, 199.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0947 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.099 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1758, 48.4088, 63.9257)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9CB #CB5F5D

analogous

#5DCB96 #5DC9CB #5D92CB

triadic

#5DC9CB #CB5DC9 #C9CB5D

tetradic

#5DC9CB #965DCB #CB5F5D #92CB5D

square

#5DC9CB #965DCB #CB5F5D #92CB5D

split-complementary

#5DC9CB #CB5D92 #CB965D

monochromatic

#2A8283 #39B0B2 #5DC9CB #8BD8DA #BAE8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5DC9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#5DC9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9CB

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9CB	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.099 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9da',
    500: '#5dc9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9cb;
$custom-light: #95d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.091,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7738,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9CB

secondary

#D8ADAC

accent

#504DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9CB

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

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