#5FC9DC#5FC9DC

#5FC9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.101 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC9DC
RGB	rgb(95, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -25.16, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 31.36, 216.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0865 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.101 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5190, 49.3697, 75.1956)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC9DC #DC725F

analogous

#5FDCB1 #5FC9DC #5F8BDC

triadic

#5FC9DC #DC5FC9 #C9DC5F

tetradic

#5FC9DC #B15FDC #DC725F #8BDC5F

square

#5FC9DC #B15FDC #DC725F #8BDC5F

split-complementary

#5FC9DC #DC5F8B #DCB15F

monochromatic

#238B9E #2EB8D0 #5FC9DC #91DAE7 #C3EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5FC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#5FC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC9DC

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC9DC	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.101 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9e6',
    500: '#5fc9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc9dc;
$custom-light: #97d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78057,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC9DC

secondary

#E3BBB4

accent

#351ACC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC9DC

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

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