#5FD8E5#5FD8E5

#5FD8E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.109 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FD8E5
RGB	rgb(95, 216, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -29.99, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 34.27, 208.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0987 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.109 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4121, 57.1974, 82.8659)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FD8E5 #E56C5F

analogous

#5FE5AF #5FD8E5 #5F95E5

triadic

#5FD8E5 #E55FD8 #D8E55F

tetradic

#5FD8E5 #AF5FE5 #E56C5F #95E55F

square

#5FD8E5 #AF5FE5 #E56C5F #95E55F

split-complementary

#5FD8E5 #E55F95 #E5AF5F

monochromatic

#1C9FAD #2ACBDC #5FD8E5 #94E5EE #C8F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#5FD8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#5FD8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FD8E5

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FD8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FD8E5	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fd8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 216, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.109 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99e4ed',
    500: '#5fd8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fd8e5;
$custom-light: #99e4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fd8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.821,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8186,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FD8E5

secondary

#AF453A

accent

#2411D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FD8E5

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

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