#5AD6E5#5AD6E5

#5AD6E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.111 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD6E5
RGB	rgb(90, 214, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -29.89, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 34.73, 210.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0994 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.111 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3999, 55.9195, 82.6726)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD6E5 #E5695A

analogous

#5AE5AF #5AD6E5 #5A90E5

triadic

#5AD6E5 #E55AD6 #D6E55A

tetradic

#5AD6E5 #AF5AE5 #E5695A #90E55A

square

#5AD6E5 #AF5AE5 #E5695A #90E55A

split-complementary

#5AD6E5 #E55A90 #E5AF5A

monochromatic

#1B9AAA #25C9DD #5AD6E5 #8FE3ED #C4F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5AD6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#5AD6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD6E5

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD6E5	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 214, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.111 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e3ed',
    500: '#5ad6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad6e5;
$custom-light: #97e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.475,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81237,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD6E5

secondary

#AB4438

accent

#2611D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD6E5

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

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