#5FC9CD#5FC9CD

#5FC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.098 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC9CD
RGB	rgb(95, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -29.31, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 31.42, 201.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0926 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.098 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6208, 48.6105, 65.1986)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC9CD #CD635F

analogous

#5FCD9A #5FC9CD #5F92CD

triadic

#5FC9CD #CD5FC9 #C9CD5F

tetradic

#5FC9CD #9A5FCD #CD635F #92CD5F

square

#5FC9CD #9A5FCD #CD635F #92CD5F

split-complementary

#5FC9CD #CD5F92 #CD9A5F

monochromatic

#2A8487 #39B1B6 #5FC9CD #8ED9DC #BCE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5FC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#5FC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC9CD

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC9CD	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.098 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9dc',
    500: '#5fc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc9cd;
$custom-light: #96d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.182,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7752,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC9CD

secondary

#DAB0AE

accent

#514CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC9CD

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

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