#5DD9DC#5DD9DC

#5DD9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.110 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DD9DC
RGB	rgb(93, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -33.29, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 35.34, 199.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.1046 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.11 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2398, 57.1159, 76.4947)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DD9DC #DC605D

analogous

#5DDCA0 #5DD9DC #5D9ADC

triadic

#5DD9DC #DC5DD9 #D9DC5D

tetradic

#5DD9DC #A05DDC #DC605D #9ADC5D

square

#5DD9DC #A05DDC #DC605D #9ADC5D

split-complementary

#5DD9DC #DC5D9A #DCA05D

monochromatic

#229A9D #2DCBCF #5DD9DC #8FE5E7 #C2F1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#5DD9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#5DD9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DD9DC

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DD9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DD9DC	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5dd9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.110 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5e6',
    500: '#5dd9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5dd9dc;
$custom-light: #97e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5dd9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.417,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81715,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DD9DC

secondary

#A13F3D

accent

#1D19CC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DD9DC

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

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