#5AD4E6#5AD4E6

#5AD4E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.110 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD4E6
RGB	rgb(90, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -28.64, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 34.39, 213.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.097 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.11 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0369, 54.9694, 83.2423)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD4E6 #E66C5A

analogous

#5AE6B2 #5AD4E6 #5A8EE6

triadic

#5AD4E6 #E65AD4 #D4E65A

tetradic

#5AD4E6 #B25AE6 #E66C5A #8EE65A

square

#5AD4E6 #B25AE6 #E66C5A #8EE65A

split-complementary

#5AD4E6 #E65A8E #E6B25A

monochromatic

#1A99AC #25C6DE #5AD4E6 #8FE2EE #C4F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5AD4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#5AD4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD4E6

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD4E6	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.110 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e1ee',
    500: '#5ad4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad4e6;
$custom-light: #96e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.714,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80809,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD4E6

secondary

#AD4637

accent

#2910D6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD4E6

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

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