#5AAEAD#5AAEAD

#5AAEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.082 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEAD
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -25.66, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 26.69, 196.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0792 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.082 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8923, 35.4606, 44.9545)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEAD #AE5A5B

analogous

#5AAE83 #5AAEAD #5A85AE

triadic

#5AAEAD #AD5AAE #AEAD5A

tetradic

#5AAEAD #835AAE #AE5A5B #85AE5A

square

#5AAEAD #835AAE #AE5A5B #85AE5A

split-complementary

#5AAEAD #AE5A85 #AE835A

monochromatic

#2F5F5E #438887 #5AAEAD #83C2C1 #ACD6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#5AAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#5AAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEAD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEAD	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.082 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6c5',
    500: '#5aaead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaead;
$custom-light: #8fc6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.286,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69819,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEAD

secondary

#C49FA0

accent

#5E5FCA

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEAD

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

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