#5AD9DB#5AD9DB

#5AD9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.111 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD9DB
RGB	rgb(90, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -34.08, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 35.97, 198.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.1066 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.111 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8100, 56.9095, 75.7853)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD9DB #DB5C5A

analogous

#5ADB9C #5AD9DB #5A98DB

triadic

#5AD9DB #DB5AD9 #D9DB5A

tetradic

#5AD9DB #9C5ADB #DB5C5A #98DB5A

square

#5AD9DB #9C5ADB #DB5C5A #98DB5A

split-complementary

#5AD9DB #DB5A98 #DB9C5A

monochromatic

#219799 #2CC9CB #5AD9DB #8CE5E6 #BEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#5AD9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#5AD9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD9DB

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD9DB	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.111 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5e6',
    500: '#5ad9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad9db;
$custom-light: #96e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.93,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81587,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD9DB

secondary

#9D3D3C

accent

#1C1ACC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD9DB

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

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