#5ACED1#5ACED1

#5ACED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.104 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ACED1
RGB	rgb(90, 206, 209)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -31.59, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 33.58, 199.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0993 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.104 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7915, 50.9159, 68.1454)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ACED1 #D15D5A

analogous

#5AD198 #5ACED1 #5A92D1

triadic

#5ACED1 #D15ACE #CED15A

tetradic

#5ACED1 #985AD1 #D15D5A #92D15A

square

#5ACED1 #985AD1 #D15D5A #92D15A

split-complementary

#5ACED1 #D15A92 #D1985A

monochromatic

#27888A #34B7BA #5ACED1 #8ADCDE #BAEAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5ACED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#5ACED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ACED1

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ACED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ACED1	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aced1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 206, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.104 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dddf',
    500: '#5aced1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aced1;
$custom-light: #94dddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aced1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78661,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ACED1

secondary

#90413F

accent

#4C48E0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ACED1

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

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