#5DC9D2#5DC9D2

#5DC9D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.099 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9D2
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -28.34, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 31.56, 206.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0917 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.099 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0289, 48.7500, 68.4185)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9D2 #D2665D

analogous

#5DD2A0 #5DC9D2 #5D8FD2

triadic

#5DC9D2 #D25DC9 #C9D25D

tetradic

#5DC9D2 #A05DD2 #D2665D #8FD25D

square

#5DC9D2 #A05DD2 #D2665D #8FD25D

split-complementary

#5DC9D2 #D25D8F #D2A05D

monochromatic

#27858D #35B3BD #5DC9D2 #8DD9DF #BDE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5DC9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#5DC9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9D2

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9D2	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC1D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.099 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9df',
    500: '#5dc9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9d2;
$custom-light: #95d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77623,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9D2

secondary

#DCB2AF

accent

#5448E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9D2

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

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