#5AD9EC#5AD9EC

#5AD9EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.114 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD9EC
RGB	rgb(90, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -29.35, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 35.39, 213.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0997 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.114 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1633, 57.8508, 88.1795)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD9EC #EC6D5A

analogous

#5AECB6 #5AD9EC #5A90EC

triadic

#5AD9EC #EC5AD9 #D9EC5A

tetradic

#5AD9EC #B65AEC #EC6D5A #90EC5A

square

#5AD9EC #B65AEC #EC6D5A #90EC5A

split-complementary

#5AD9EC #EC5A90 #ECB65A

monochromatic

#15A2B7 #23CCE6 #5AD9EC #91E6F2 #C8F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#5AD9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#5AD9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD9EC

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD9EC	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.114 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5f2',
    500: '#5ad9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad9ec;
$custom-light: #97e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82187,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD9EC

secondary

#B64534

accent

#250ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD9EC

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

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