#5AD4E5#5AD4E5

#5AD4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.110 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD4E5
RGB	rgb(90, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -28.92, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 34.36, 212.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0974 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.11 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8969, 54.9134, 82.5049)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD4E5 #E56B5A

analogous

#5AE5B0 #5AD4E5 #5A8FE5

triadic

#5AD4E5 #E55AD4 #D4E55A

tetradic

#5AD4E5 #B05AE5 #E56B5A #8FE55A

square

#5AD4E5 #B05AE5 #E56B5A #8FE55A

split-complementary

#5AD4E5 #E55A8F #E5B05A

monochromatic

#1B98AA #25C6DD #5AD4E5 #8FE2ED #C4F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5AD4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#5AD4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD4E5

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD4E5	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.110 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e1ed',
    500: '#5ad4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad4e5;
$custom-light: #96e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.338,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80772,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD4E5

secondary

#AB4638

accent

#2911D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD4E5

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

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