#5FC9CE#5FC9CE

#5FC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.098 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC9CE
RGB	rgb(95, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -29.04, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 31.35, 202.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0922 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.098 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7419, 48.6589, 65.8364)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC9CE #CE645F

analogous

#5FCE9C #5FC9CE #5F92CE

triadic

#5FC9CE #CE5FC9 #C9CE5F

tetradic

#5FC9CE #9C5FCE #CE645F #92CE5F

square

#5FC9CE #9C5FCE #CE645F #92CE5F

split-complementary

#5FC9CE #CE5F92 #CE9C5F

monochromatic

#2A8489 #38B2B8 #5FC9CE #8ED9DC #BDE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5FC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#5FC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC9CE

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC9CE	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.098 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9dc',
    500: '#5fc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc9ce;
$custom-light: #96d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.703,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77555,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC9CE

secondary

#DAB1AF

accent

#524BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC9CE

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

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