#5AD3E4#5AD3E4

#5AD3E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.110 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD3E4
RGB	rgb(90, 211, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -28.72, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 34.16, 212.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0968 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.11 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5085, 54.3593, 81.6886)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD3E4 #E46B5A

analogous

#5AE4B0 #5AD3E4 #5A8EE4

triadic

#5AD3E4 #E45AD3 #D3E45A

tetradic

#5AD3E4 #B05AE4 #E46B5A #8EE45A

square

#5AD3E4 #B05AE4 #E46B5A #8EE45A

split-complementary

#5AD3E4 #E45A8E #E4B05A

monochromatic

#1C97A8 #25C5DB #5AD3E4 #8FE1ED #C3EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#5AD3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#5AD3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD3E4

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD3E4	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 211, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.110 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e0ec',
    500: '#5ad3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad3e4;
$custom-light: #96e0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.391,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80504,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD3E4

secondary

#AA4638

accent

#2A12D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD3E4

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

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