#5AD5EC#5AD5EC

#5AD5EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.113 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD5EC
RGB	rgb(90, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -27.40, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 34.84, 218.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0957 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.113 212)
XYZ	xyz(43.1448, 55.8138, 87.8400)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD5EC #EC715A

analogous

#5AECBA #5AD5EC #5A8CEC

triadic

#5AD5EC #EC5AD5 #D5EC5A

tetradic

#5AD5EC #BA5AEC #EC715A #8CEC5A

square

#5AD5EC #BA5AEC #EC715A #8CEC5A

split-complementary

#5AD5EC #EC5A8C #ECBA5A

monochromatic

#159DB7 #23C7E6 #5AD5EC #91E3F2 #C8F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5AD5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#5AD5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD5EC

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD5EC	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.113 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f2',
    500: '#5ad5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad5ec;
$custom-light: #97e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.452,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81264,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.55818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD5EC

secondary

#B64934

accent

#2B0ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD5EC

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

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