#5AD5CC#5AD5CC

#5AD5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.110 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD5CC
RGB	rgb(90, 213, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -36.21, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 36.69, 189.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.1088 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.11 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9050, 54.1178, 65.5105)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD5CC #D55A63

analogous

#5AD58F #5AD5CC #5AA1D5

triadic

#5AD5CC #CC5AD5 #D5CC5A

tetradic

#5AD5CC #8F5AD5 #D55A63 #A1D55A

square

#5AD5CC #8F5AD5 #D55A63 #A1D55A

split-complementary

#5AD5CC #D55AA1 #D58F5A

monochromatic

#259088 #31C1B6 #5AD5CC #8BE1DB #BCEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#5AD5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#5AD5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD5CC

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD5CC	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 213, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.110 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2db',
    500: '#5ad5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad5cc;
$custom-light: #95e2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.61,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80151,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD5CC

secondary

#963E44

accent

#4551E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD5CC

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

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