#5AE2E5#5AE2E5

#5AE2E5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.117 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE2E5
RGB	rgb(90, 226, 229)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -35.57, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 37.70, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.1117 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.117 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5495, 62.2187, 83.7224)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE2E5 #E55D5A

analogous

#5AE5A3 #5AE2E5 #5A9CE5

triadic

#5AE2E5 #E55AE2 #E2E55A

tetradic

#5AE2E5 #A35AE5 #E55D5A #9CE55A

square

#5AE2E5 #A35AE5 #E55D5A #9CE55A

split-complementary

#5AE2E5 #E55A9C #E5A35A

monochromatic

#1BA7AA #25D9DD #5AE2E5 #8FEBED #C4F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#5AE2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#5AE2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE2E5

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE2E5	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 226, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.117 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ebed',
    500: '#5ae2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae2e5;
$custom-light: #98ebed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.295,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8403,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE2E5

secondary

#AB3A38

accent

#1511D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE2E5

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

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