#5AC9CE#5AC9CE

#5AC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.101 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9CE
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -30.01, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 32.35, 201.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0952 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.101 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2390, 48.3996, 65.8128)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9CE #CE5F5A

analogous

#5ACE99 #5AC9CE #5A8FCE

triadic

#5AC9CE #CE5AC9 #C9CE5A

tetradic

#5AC9CE #995ACE #CE5F5A #8FCE5A

square

#5AC9CE #995ACE #CE5F5A #8FCE5A

split-complementary

#5AC9CE #CE5A8F #CE995A

monochromatic

#288286 #36B0B5 #5AC9CE #89D8DC #B8E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5AC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#5AC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9CE

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9CE	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.101 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9dc',
    500: '#5ac9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9ce;
$custom-light: #94d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.586,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77379,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9CE

secondary

#D9ADAB

accent

#514ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9CE

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

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