#5AC9DD#5AC9DD

#5AC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.104 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9DD
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -25.80, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 32.32, 217.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0891 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.104 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1489, 49.1636, 75.8716)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9DD #DD6E5A

analogous

#5ADDAF #5AC9DD #5A87DD

triadic

#5AC9DD #DD5AC9 #C9DD5A

tetradic

#5AC9DD #AF5ADD #DD6E5A #87DD5A

square

#5AC9DD #AF5ADD #DD6E5A #87DD5A

split-complementary

#5AC9DD #DD5A87 #DDAF5A

monochromatic

#20899C #2BB6CF #5AC9DD #8DDAE7 #BFEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5AC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#5AC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9DD

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9DD	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.104 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e7',
    500: '#5ac9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9dd;
$custom-light: #95d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.16,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7792,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9DD

secondary

#E2B8B1

accent

#3418CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9DD

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

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