#5DC9DC#5DC9DC

#5DC9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.102 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9DC
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -25.54, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 31.72, 216.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0877 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.102 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3139, 49.2640, 75.1860)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9DC #DC705D

analogous

#5DDCB0 #5DC9DC #5D8ADC

triadic

#5DC9DC #DC5DC9 #C9DC5D

tetradic

#5DC9DC #B05DDC #DC705D #8ADC5D

square

#5DC9DC #B05DDC #DC705D #8ADC5D

split-complementary

#5DC9DC #DC5D8A #DCB05D

monochromatic

#228A9D #2DB7CF #5DC9DC #8FDAE7 #C2EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5DC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#5DC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9DC

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9DC	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.102 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9e6',
    500: '#5dc9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9dc;
$custom-light: #96d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.976,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77986,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9DC

secondary

#E2BAB3

accent

#3419CC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9DC

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

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