#5AD9EA#5AD9EA

#5AD9EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.113 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD9EA
RGB	rgb(90, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -29.92, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 35.34, 212.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.1005 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.113 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8744, 57.7353, 86.6577)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD9EA #EA6B5A

analogous

#5AEAB3 #5AD9EA #5A91EA

triadic

#5AD9EA #EA5AD9 #D9EA5A

tetradic

#5AD9EA #B35AEA #EA6B5A #91EA5A

square

#5AD9EA #B35AEA #EA6B5A #91EA5A

split-complementary

#5AD9EA #EA5A91 #EAB35A

monochromatic

#17A0B3 #24CCE3 #5AD9EA #90E6F1 #C7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#5AD9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#5AD9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD9EA

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD9EA	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.113 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5f0',
    500: '#5ad9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad9ea;
$custom-light: #97e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.083,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82114,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD9EA

secondary

#B34435

accent

#240CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD9EA

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

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