#5DC9CD#5DC9CD

#5DC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.099 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9CD
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -29.70, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 31.82, 201.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0938 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.099 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4157, 48.5047, 65.1890)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9CD #CD615D

analogous

#5DCD99 #5DC9CD #5D91CD

triadic

#5DC9CD #CD5DC9 #C9CD5D

tetradic

#5DC9CD #995DCD #CD615D #91CD5D

square

#5DC9CD #995DCD #CD615D #91CD5D

split-complementary

#5DC9CD #CD5D91 #CD995D

monochromatic

#298386 #38B0B5 #5DC9CD #8CD9DB #BBE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5DC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#5DC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9CD

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9CD	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.099 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9dc',
    500: '#5dc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9cd;
$custom-light: #95d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77449,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9CD

secondary

#D9AEAD

accent

#514CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9CD

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

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