#5DC9CC#5DC9CC

#5DC9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.099 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9CC
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -29.97, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 31.90, 200.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0942 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.099 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2954, 48.4566, 64.5553)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9CC #CC605D

analogous

#5DCC97 #5DC9CC #5D91CC

triadic

#5DC9CC #CC5DC9 #C9CC5D

tetradic

#5DC9CC #975DCC #CC605D #91CC5D

square

#5DC9CC #975DCC #CC605D #91CC5D

split-complementary

#5DC9CC #CC5D91 #CC975D

monochromatic

#2A8285 #38B0B3 #5DC9CC #8CD9DB #BAE8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5DC9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#5DC9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9CC

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9CC	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.099 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9db',
    500: '#5dc9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9cc;
$custom-light: #95d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77414,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9CC

secondary

#D9ADAC

accent

#504CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9CC

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

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