#5AD5CE#5AD5CE

#5AD5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.110 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD5CE
RGB	rgb(90, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -35.69, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 36.34, 190.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.108 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.11 190)
XYZ	xyz(39.1464, 54.2144, 66.7820)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD5CE #D55A61

analogous

#5AD590 #5AD5CE #5A9FD5

triadic

#5AD5CE #CE5AD5 #D5CE5A

tetradic

#5AD5CE #905AD5 #D55A61 #9FD55A

square

#5AD5CE #905AD5 #D55A61 #9FD55A

split-complementary

#5AD5CE #D55A9F #D5905A

monochromatic

#25908A #31C1B9 #5AD5CE #8BE1DC #BCEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#5AD5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#5AD5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD5CE

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD5CE	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.110 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2dc',
    500: '#5ad5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad5ce;
$custom-light: #95e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.585,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80215,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.54218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD5CE

secondary

#963E43

accent

#454EE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD5CE

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

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