#5AD5E9#5AD5E9

#5AD5E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.112 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD5E9
RGB	rgb(90, 213, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -28.27, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 34.66, 215.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0968 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.112 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7126, 55.6409, 85.5638)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD5E9 #E96E5A

analogous

#5AE9B6 #5AD5E9 #5A8DE9

triadic

#5AD5E9 #E95AD5 #D5E95A

tetradic

#5AD5E9 #B65AE9 #E96E5A #8DE95A

square

#5AD5E9 #B65AE9 #E96E5A #8DE95A

split-complementary

#5AD5E9 #E95A8D #E9B65A

monochromatic

#189CB1 #24C7E2 #5AD5E9 #90E3F0 #C6F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5AD5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#5AD5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD5E9

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD5E9	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 213, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.112 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f0',
    500: '#5ad5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad5e9;
$custom-light: #97e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.392,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81151,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD5E9

secondary

#B14736

accent

#290DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD5E9

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

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