#5AD9CA#5AD9CA

#5AD9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.114 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD9CA
RGB	rgb(90, 217, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -38.57, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 38.69, 184.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.1139 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.114 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6852, 56.0596, 64.5948)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD9CA #D95A69

analogous

#5AD98A #5AD9CA #5AA9D9

triadic

#5AD9CA #CA5AD9 #D9CA5A

tetradic

#5AD9CA #8A5AD9 #D95A69 #A9D95A

square

#5AD9CA #8A5AD9 #D95A69 #A9D95A

split-complementary

#5AD9CA #D95AA9 #D98A5A

monochromatic

#239688 #2EC8B6 #5AD9CA #8CE4DA #BDF0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5AD9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#5AD9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD9CA

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD9CA	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 217, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.114 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5da',
    500: '#5ad9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad9ca;
$custom-light: #95e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.913,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81038,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD9CA

secondary

#9B3C48

accent

#1B30CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD9CA

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

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