#5AC9CA#5AC9CA

#5AC9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.101 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9CA
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -31.10, -10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 32.69, 197.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0969 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.101 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7593, 48.2077, 63.2862)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9CA #CA5B5A

analogous

#5ACA93 #5AC9CA #5A91CA

triadic

#5AC9CA #CA5AC9 #C9CA5A

tetradic

#5AC9CA #935ACA #CA5B5A #91CA5A

square

#5AC9CA #935ACA #CA5B5A #91CA5A

split-complementary

#5AC9CA #CA5A91 #CA935A

monochromatic

#298080 #38AEAF #5AC9CA #88D8D9 #B7E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5AC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#5AC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9CA

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9CA	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.101 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dada',
    500: '#5ac9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9ca;
$custom-light: #93dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.536,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9CA

secondary

#D7AAA9

accent

#4E4DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9CA

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

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