#5AD4E4#5AD4E4

#5AD4E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.110 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD4E4
RGB	rgb(90, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -29.20, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 34.34, 211.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0978 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.11 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7577, 54.8577, 81.7717)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD4E4 #E46A5A

analogous

#5AE4AF #5AD4E4 #5A8FE4

triadic

#5AD4E4 #E45AD4 #D4E45A

tetradic

#5AD4E4 #AF5AE4 #E46A5A #8FE45A

square

#5AD4E4 #AF5AE4 #E46A5A #8FE45A

split-complementary

#5AD4E4 #E45A8F #E4AF5A

monochromatic

#1C98A8 #25C6DB #5AD4E4 #8FE2ED #C3EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5AD4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#5AD4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD4E4

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD4E4	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.110 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e1ec',
    500: '#5ad4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad4e4;
$custom-light: #96e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80736,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD4E4

secondary

#AA4538

accent

#2812D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD4E4

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

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