#5FD6E5#5FD6E5

#5FD6E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.108 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FD6E5
RGB	rgb(95, 214, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -29.02, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 33.86, 211.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0966 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.108 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9029, 56.1788, 82.6962)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FD6E5 #E56E5F

analogous

#5FE5B1 #5FD6E5 #5F93E5

triadic

#5FD6E5 #E55FD6 #D6E55F

tetradic

#5FD6E5 #B15FE5 #E56E5F #93E55F

square

#5FD6E5 #B15FE5 #E56E5F #93E55F

split-complementary

#5FD6E5 #E55F93 #E5B15F

monochromatic

#1C9DAD #2AC9DC #5FD6E5 #94E3EE #C8F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5FD6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#5FD6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FD6E5

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FD6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FD6E5	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fd6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 214, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.108 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99e3ed',
    500: '#5fd6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fd6e5;
$custom-light: #99e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fd6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.716,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81397,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FD6E5

secondary

#AF473A

accent

#2711D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FD6E5

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

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