#5AD9CB#5AD9CB

#5AD9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.114 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD9CB
RGB	rgb(90, 217, 203)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -38.31, -3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 38.48, 185.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.1135 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.114 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8040, 56.1071, 65.2204)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD9CB #D95A68

analogous

#5AD98C #5AD9CB #5AA7D9

triadic

#5AD9CB #CB5AD9 #D9CB5A

tetradic

#5AD9CB #8C5AD9 #D95A68 #A7D95A

square

#5AD9CB #8C5AD9 #D95A68 #A7D95A

split-complementary

#5AD9CB #D95AA7 #D98C5A

monochromatic

#239689 #2EC8B7 #5AD9CB #8CE4DB #BDF0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5AD9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#5AD9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD9CB

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD9CB	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 217, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.114 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5da',
    500: '#5ad9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad9cb;
$custom-light: #95e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.386,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81069,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD9CB

secondary

#9B3C47

accent

#1B2ECA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD9CB

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

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