#5AE0E6#5AE0E6

#5AE0E6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.116 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE0E6
RGB	rgb(90, 224, 230)
HSL	hsl(183, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -34.37, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 37.05, 201.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.1093 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.116 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1489, 61.1933, 84.2797)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE0E6 #E6605A

analogous

#5AE6A6 #5AE0E6 #5A9AE6

triadic

#5AE0E6 #E65AE0 #E0E65A

tetradic

#5AE0E6 #A65AE6 #E6605A #9AE65A

square

#5AE0E6 #A65AE6 #E6605A #9AE65A

split-complementary

#5AE0E6 #E65A9A #E6A65A

monochromatic

#1AA5AC #25D6DE #5AE0E6 #8FEAEE #C4F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#5AE0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#5AE0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE0E6

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE0E6	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 224, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.116 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98eaed',
    500: '#5ae0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae0e6;
$custom-light: #98eaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.571,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83598,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE0E6

secondary

#AD3C37

accent

#1810D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE0E6

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

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