#5AE1E3#5AE1E3

#5AE1E3 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.116 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE1E3
RGB	rgb(90, 225, 227)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -35.65, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 37.60, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.1115 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.116 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0008, 61.5654, 82.1699)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE1E3 #E35C5A

analogous

#5AE3A1 #5AE1E3 #5A9DE3

triadic

#5AE1E3 #E35AE1 #E1E35A

tetradic

#5AE1E3 #A15AE3 #E35C5A #9DE35A

square

#5AE1E3 #A15AE3 #E35C5A #9DE35A

split-complementary

#5AE1E3 #E35A9D #E3A15A

monochromatic

#1CA4A6 #26D7DA #5AE1E3 #8EEBEC #C3F4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#5AE1E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#5AE1E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE1E3

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE1E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE1E3	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae1e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 225, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.116 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ebeb',
    500: '#5ae1e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae1e3;
$custom-light: #97ebeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae1e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83729,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE1E3

secondary

#A93A39

accent

#1512D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE1E3

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

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