#5AE3E4#5AE3E4

#5AE3E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.118 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE3E4
RGB	rgb(90, 227, 228)
HSL	hsl(180, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -36.31, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 38.11, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.1131 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.118 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6830, 62.7084, 83.0801)
Luminance	0.6271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE3E4 #E45B5A

analogous

#5AE4A0 #5AE3E4 #5A9EE4

triadic

#5AE3E4 #E45AE3 #E3E45A

tetradic

#5AE3E4 #A05AE4 #E45B5A #9EE45A

square

#5AE3E4 #A05AE4 #E45B5A #9EE45A

split-complementary

#5AE3E4 #E45A9E #E4A05A

monochromatic

#1CA7A8 #25DADB #5AE3E4 #8FECED #C3F5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#5AE3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#5AE3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE3E4

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE3E4	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 227, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.118 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ecec',
    500: '#5ae3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae3e4;
$custom-light: #98ecec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.435,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8423,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE3E4

secondary

#AA3938

accent

#1312D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE3E4

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

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