#5DC9DD#5DC9DD

#5DC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.102 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DC9DD
RGB	rgb(93, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -25.26, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 31.79, 217.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0873 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.102 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4467, 49.3171, 75.8856)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DC9DD #DD715D

analogous

#5DDDB1 #5DC9DD #5D89DD

triadic

#5DC9DD #DD5DC9 #C9DD5D

tetradic

#5DC9DD #B15DDD #DD715D #89DD5D

square

#5DC9DD #B15DDD #DD715D #89DD5D

split-complementary

#5DC9DD #DD5D89 #DDB15D

monochromatic

#218B9E #2CB7D1 #5DC9DD #90DAE8 #C2EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5DC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#5DC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DC9DD

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DC9DD	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dc9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.102 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9e7',
    500: '#5dc9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dc9dd;
$custom-light: #96d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dc9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78024,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DC9DD

secondary

#E3BBB3

accent

#3518CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DC9DD

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

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