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#5DD5BD Color

#5DD5BD is rgb(93, 213, 189) in RGB, hsl(168, 59%, 60%) in HSL, and about cmyk(56%, 0%, 11%, 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 7.33. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#5DD5BD
HEX#5DD5BD
RGBrgb(93, 213, 189)
HSLhsl(168, 59%, 60%)
HSVhsv(168, 56%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(56%, 0%, 11%, 16%)
OKLCHoklch(79.8% 0.114 178)
LABlab(78.01% -39.65 1.19)
LCHlch(78.01% 39.67 178.28)

What #5DD5BD 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 #5DD5BD, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Medium Aquamarine#66CDAAΔE 7.33Turquoise#40E0D0ΔE 8.56Medium Turquoise#48D1CCΔE 10.29Pearl Aqua#88D8C0ΔE 10.6Keppel#3AB09EΔE 13.3Middle Blue Green#8DD9CCΔE 13.65

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

#5DD5BD Channel Values

How #5DD5BD 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 93 · G 213 · B 1898-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 168° · S 59% · L 60%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 168° · S 56% · V 84%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 56% · M 0% · Y 11% · K 16%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.79:1 vs white · 11.72:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #5DD5BD 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 text1.79:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text11.72:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #5DD5BD in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #5DD5BD

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #5DD5BD; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#5DD5BD
Complementary
#D55D75
Analogous
#5DD581
Analogous
#5DB1D5
Triadic
#BD5DD5
Triadic
#D5BD5D
Split comp.
#D55DB1
Split comp.
#D5815D

Tints & Shades of #5DD5BD

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

#71DAC5
#89E1CF
#9EE6D7
#B6ECE1
#CAF1EA
#E3F8F3

Shades

#3CCDB0
#2EB298
#26927C
#1D7261
#155145
#0D3129

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #5DD5BD.

How #5DD5BD 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#5DD5BD
Protanopia#C7C7BD
Protanomaly#A7CDBD
Deuteranopia#B8B8C0
Deuteranomaly#9CC4BF
Tritanopia#65D2D2
Tritanomaly#62D3CA
Achromatopsia#C1C1C1

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #5DD5BD in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-5dd5bd: #5DD5BD;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #5DD5BD;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-5dd5bd': '#5DD5BD' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.365, green: 0.835, blue: 0.741)
Android XML<color name="color_5dd5bd">#5DD5BD</color>
SVG fillfill="#5DD5BD"

More Green Colors

#5DD5BD sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#5DD5BD Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #5DD5BD?

#5DD5BD is a light green — rgb(93, 213, 189) in RGB and hsl(168, 59%, 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 7.33.

What is the RGB value of #5DD5BD?

#5DD5BD is rgb(93, 213, 189) — red 93, green 213, and blue 189 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #5DD5BD?

#5DD5BD converts to approximately cmyk(56%, 0%, 11%, 16%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #5DD5BD be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #5DD5BD scores 1.79:1 against white and 11.72:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #5DD5BD as a CSS color keyword?

No. #5DD5BD 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 7.33, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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