#5DC9CE#5DC9CE

#5DC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.099 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9CE
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -29.43, -11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 31.75, 202.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0934 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.099 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5368, 48.5531, 65.8268)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9CE #CE625D

analogous

#5DCE9A #5DC9CE #5D90CE

triadic

#5DC9CE #CE5DC9 #C9CE5D

tetradic

#5DC9CE #9A5DCE #CE625D #90CE5D

square

#5DC9CE #9A5DCE #CE625D #90CE5D

split-complementary

#5DC9CE #CE5D90 #CE9A5D

monochromatic

#298388 #37B1B7 #5DC9CE #8CD9DC #BBE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5DC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#5DC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9CE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9CE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.099 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9dc',
    500: '#5dc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9ce;
$custom-light: #95d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.655,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77483,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9CE

secondary

#DAAFAD

accent

#514BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9CE

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

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