#5AC9DB#5AC9DB

#5AC9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.103 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9DB
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -26.37, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 32.20, 215.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0899 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.103 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8840, 49.0576, 74.4767)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9DB #DB6C5A

analogous

#5ADBAC #5AC9DB #5A88DB

triadic

#5AC9DB #DB5AC9 #C9DB5A

tetradic

#5AC9DB #AC5ADB #DB6C5A #88DB5A

square

#5AC9DB #AC5ADB #DB6C5A #88DB5A

split-complementary

#5AC9DB #DB5A88 #DBAC5A

monochromatic

#218899 #2CB5CB #5AC9DB #8CD9E6 #BEEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5AC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#5AC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9DB

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9DB	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.103 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e6',
    500: '#5ac9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9db;
$custom-light: #95d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.372,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77846,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9DB

secondary

#E1B7B0

accent

#321ACC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9DB

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

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