#5DD5E5#5DD5E5

#5DD5E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.109 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DD5E5
RGB	rgb(93, 213, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -28.89, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 34.03, 211.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0967 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.109 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4454, 55.5685, 82.6024)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DD5E5 #E56D5D

analogous

#5DE5B1 #5DD5E5 #5D91E5

triadic

#5DD5E5 #E55DD5 #D5E55D

tetradic

#5DD5E5 #B15DE5 #E56D5D #91E55D

square

#5DD5E5 #B15DE5 #E56D5D #91E55D

split-complementary

#5DD5E5 #E55D91 #E5B15D

monochromatic

#1C9BAC #28C7DD #5DD5E5 #92E3ED #C6F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5DD5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#5DD5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DD5E5

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DD5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DD5E5	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dd5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 213, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.109 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e2ed',
    500: '#5dd5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dd5e5;
$custom-light: #98e2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dd5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.811,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DD5E5

secondary

#AD4739

accent

#2811D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DD5E5

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

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