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#5CD6BA Color

#5CD6BA is rgb(92, 214, 186) in RGB, hsl(166, 60%, 60%) in HSL, and about cmyk(57%, 0%, 13%, 16%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 6.26. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#5CD6BA
HEX#5CD6BA
RGBrgb(92, 214, 186)
HSLhsl(166, 60%, 60%)
HSVhsv(166, 57%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(57%, 0%, 13%, 16%)
OKLCHoklch(79.9% 0.117 175.6)
LABlab(78.21% -40.81 3.07)
LCHlch(78.21% 40.92 175.70)

What #5CD6BA Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #5CD6BA, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#5CD6BA Channel Values

How #5CD6BA breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 92 · G 214 · B 1868-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 166° · S 60% · L 60%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 166° · S 57% · V 84%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 57% · M 0% · Y 13% · K 16%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.78:1 vs white · 11.78:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #5CD6BA background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.78:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text11.78:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #5CD6BA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #5CD6BA; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #5CD6BA

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #5CD6BA.

How #5CD6BA Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#5CD6BA
Protanopia#C8C8BA
Protanomaly#A7CEBA
Deuteranopia#B9B9BD
Deuteranomaly#9CC5BC
Tritanopia#65D3D3
Tritanomaly#62D4C9
Achromatopsia#C2C2C2

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #5CD6BA in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-5cd6ba: #5CD6BA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #5CD6BA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-5cd6ba': '#5CD6BA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.361, green: 0.839, blue: 0.729)
Android XML<color name="color_5cd6ba">#5CD6BA</color>
SVG fillfill="#5CD6BA"

More Green Colors

#5CD6BA sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#5CD6BA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #5CD6BA?

#5CD6BA is a light green — rgb(92, 214, 186) in RGB and hsl(166, 60%, 60%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 6.26.

What is the RGB value of #5CD6BA?

#5CD6BA is rgb(92, 214, 186) — red 92, green 214, and blue 186 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #5CD6BA?

#5CD6BA converts to approximately cmyk(57%, 0%, 13%, 16%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #5CD6BA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #5CD6BA scores 1.78:1 against white and 11.78:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #5CD6BA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #5CD6BA is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is mediumaquamarine (#66CDAA) at a CIE76 distance of 6.26, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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