#5AE2E6#5AE2E6

#5AE2E6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.117 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE2E6
RGB	rgb(90, 226, 230)
HSL	hsl(182, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 1.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -35.30, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 37.61, 200.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.1113 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.117 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6895, 62.2747, 84.4599)
Luminance	0.6228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE2E6 #E65E5A

analogous

#5AE6A4 #5AE2E6 #5A9CE6

triadic

#5AE2E6 #E65AE2 #E2E65A

tetradic

#5AE2E6 #A45AE6 #E65E5A #9CE65A

square

#5AE2E6 #A45AE6 #E65E5A #9CE65A

split-complementary

#5AE2E6 #E65A9C #E6A45A

monochromatic

#1AA7AC #25D9DE #5AE2E6 #8FEBEE #C4F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#5AE2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#5AE2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE2E6

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE2E6	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 226, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.117 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ebed',
    500: '#5ae2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae2e6;
$custom-light: #98ebed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84064,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE2E6

secondary

#AD3B37

accent

#1510D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE2E6

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

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