#5FC9CC#5FC9CC

#5FC9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.098 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC9CC
RGB	rgb(95, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -29.58, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 31.50, 200.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.093 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.098 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5005, 48.5624, 64.5650)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC9CC #CC625F

analogous

#5FCC98 #5FC9CC #5F92CC

triadic

#5FC9CC #CC5FC9 #C9CC5F

tetradic

#5FC9CC #985FCC #CC625F #92CC5F

square

#5FC9CC #985FCC #CC625F #92CC5F

split-complementary

#5FC9CC #CC5F92 #CC985F

monochromatic

#2B8386 #39B1B4 #5FC9CC #8DD9DB #BCE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5FC9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#5FC9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC9CC

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC9CC	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.098 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9db',
    500: '#5fc9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc9cc;
$custom-light: #96d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 51.659,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77486,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC9CC

secondary

#D9AFAE

accent

#514DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC9CC

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

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