#5FC9CA#5FC9CA

#5FC9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.098 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC9CA
RGB	rgb(95, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -30.11, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 31.68, 198.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0938 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.098 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2622, 48.4670, 63.3097)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC9CA #CA605F

analogous

#5FCA95 #5FC9CA #5F93CA

triadic

#5FC9CA #CA5FC9 #C9CA5F

tetradic

#5FC9CA #955FCA #CA605F #93CA5F

square

#5FC9CA #955FCA #CA605F #93CA5F

split-complementary

#5FC9CA #CA5F93 #CA955F

monochromatic

#2B8283 #3BB0B1 #5FC9CA #8DD9D9 #BBE8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5FC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#5FC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC9CA

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC9CA	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.098 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9da',
    500: '#5fc9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc9ca;
$custom-light: #96d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77418,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC9CA

secondary

#D8ADAD

accent

#4F4EDA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC9CA

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

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