#5AE2E4#5AE2E4

#5AE2E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.117 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE2E4
RGB	rgb(90, 226, 228)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -35.85, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 37.80, 198.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.1121 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.117 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4103, 62.1630, 82.9892)
Luminance	0.6217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE2E4 #E45C5A

analogous

#5AE4A1 #5AE2E4 #5A9DE4

triadic

#5AE2E4 #E45AE2 #E2E45A

tetradic

#5AE2E4 #A15AE4 #E45C5A #9DE45A

square

#5AE2E4 #A15AE4 #E45C5A #9DE45A

split-complementary

#5AE2E4 #E45A9D #E4A15A

monochromatic

#1CA6A8 #25D9DB #5AE2E4 #8FEBED #C3F4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#5AE2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#5AE2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE2E4

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE2E4	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 226, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.117 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ebec',
    500: '#5ae2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae2e4;
$custom-light: #98ebec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83997,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE2E4

secondary

#AA3A38

accent

#1412D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE2E4

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

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