#5AD5E7#5AD5E7

#5AD5E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.111 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD5E7
RGB	rgb(90, 213, 231)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -28.84, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 34.58, 213.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0976 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.111 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4285, 55.5272, 84.0676)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD5E7 #E76C5A

analogous

#5AE7B3 #5AD5E7 #5A8EE7

triadic

#5AD5E7 #E75AD5 #D5E75A

tetradic

#5AD5E7 #B35AE7 #E76C5A #8EE75A

square

#5AD5E7 #B35AE7 #E76C5A #8EE75A

split-complementary

#5AD5E7 #E75A8E #E7B35A

monochromatic

#199AAD #25C7DF #5AD5E7 #8FE3EF #C5F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5AD5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#5AD5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD5E7

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD5E7	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 213, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.111 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2ee',
    500: '#5ad5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad5e7;
$custom-light: #97e2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81078,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD5E7

secondary

#AE4637

accent

#280FD7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD5E7

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

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