#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
RGBrgb(90, 213, 233)
HSLhsl(188, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(188, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(79.41, -28.27, -20.06)
CIE-LCHlch(79.41, 34.66, 215.37°)
OKLaboklab(81.15% -0.0968 -0.0556)
OKLCHoklch(81.15% 0.112 209.9)
XYZxyz(42.7126, 55.6409, 85.5638)
Luminance0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##5AD5E91.001.7312.1312.13
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1321.001.001.00
##00000012.1321.001.001.00

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

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#5AD5E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva