#5AE1E6#5AE1E6

#5AE1E6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.116 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE1E6
RGB	rgb(90, 225, 230)
HSL	hsl(182, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 2.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -34.83, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 37.32, 201.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.1103 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.116 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4184, 61.7324, 84.3695)
Luminance	0.6174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE1E6 #E65F5A

analogous

#5AE6A5 #5AE1E6 #5A9BE6

triadic

#5AE1E6 #E65AE1 #E1E65A

tetradic

#5AE1E6 #A55AE6 #E65F5A #9BE65A

square

#5AE1E6 #A55AE6 #E65F5A #9BE65A

split-complementary

#5AE1E6 #E65A9B #E6A55A

monochromatic

#1AA6AC #25D7DE #5AE1E6 #8FEBEE #C4F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#5AE1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#5AE1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE1E6

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE1E6	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 225, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.116 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ebed',
    500: '#5ae1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae1e6;
$custom-light: #98ebed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83831,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE1E6

secondary

#AD3B37

accent

#1710D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE1E6

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

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