#5AD8CC#5AD8CC

#5AD8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.113 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD8CC
RGB	rgb(90, 216, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -37.60, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 37.87, 186.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.112 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.113 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6666, 55.6410, 65.7644)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD8CC #D85A66

analogous

#5AD88D #5AD8CC #5AA5D8

triadic

#5AD8CC #CC5AD8 #D8CC5A

tetradic

#5AD8CC #8D5AD8 #D85A66 #A5D85A

square

#5AD8CC #8D5AD8 #D85A66 #A5D85A

split-complementary

#5AD8CC #D85AA5 #D88D5A

monochromatic

#23958A #2FC6B8 #5AD8CC #8BE4DB #BDEFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5AD8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#5AD8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD8CC

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD8CC	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)

#CECDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 216, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.113 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4db',
    500: '#5ad8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad8cc;
$custom-light: #95e4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80863,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD8CC

secondary

#993D46

accent

#4352E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD8CC

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

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