#5AD9DD#5AD9DD

#5AD9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.111 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD9DD
RGB	rgb(90, 217, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -33.54, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 35.79, 200.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.1058 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.111 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0748, 57.0154, 77.1803)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD9DD #DD5E5A

analogous

#5ADD9F #5AD9DD #5A97DD

triadic

#5AD9DD #DD5AD9 #D9DD5A

tetradic

#5AD9DD #9F5ADD #DD5E5A #97DD5A

square

#5AD9DD #9F5ADD #DD5E5A #97DD5A

split-complementary

#5AD9DD #DD5A97 #DD9F5A

monochromatic

#20999C #2BCACF #5AD9DD #8DE5E7 #BFF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#5AD9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#5AD9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD9DD

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD9DD	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 217, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.111 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5e7',
    500: '#5ad9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad9dd;
$custom-light: #96e5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.832,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81655,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD9DD

secondary

#A03E3B

accent

#1D18CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD9DD

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

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