#5AE3E0#5AE3E0

#5AE3E0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.118 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE3E0
RGB	rgb(90, 227, 224)
HSL	hsl(179, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 1.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -37.38, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 38.60, 194.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.1148 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.118 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1342, 62.4889, 80.1895)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE3E0 #E35A5D

analogous

#5AE39C #5AE3E0 #5AA2E3

triadic

#5AE3E0 #E05AE3 #E3E05A

tetradic

#5AE3E0 #9C5AE3 #E35A5D #A2E35A

square

#5AE3E0 #9C5AE3 #E35A5D #A2E35A

split-complementary

#5AE3E0 #E35AA2 #E39C5A

monochromatic

#1CA6A3 #26DAD6 #5AE3E0 #8EECEA #C3F5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#5AE3E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#5AE3E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE3E0

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE3E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE3E0	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae3e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 227, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.118 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ece9',
    500: '#5ae3e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae3e0;
$custom-light: #97ece9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae3e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84098,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE3E0

secondary

#A9393B

accent

#1217D3

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE3E0

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

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