#5AE3E5#5AE3E5

#5AE3E5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.118 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE3E5
RGB	rgb(90, 227, 229)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -36.04, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 38.00, 198.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.1127 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.118 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8222, 62.7641, 83.8133)
Luminance	0.6277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE3E5 #E55C5A

analogous

#5AE5A1 #5AE3E5 #5A9EE5

triadic

#5AE3E5 #E55AE3 #E3E55A

tetradic

#5AE3E5 #A15AE5 #E55C5A #9EE55A

square

#5AE3E5 #A15AE5 #E55C5A #9EE55A

split-complementary

#5AE3E5 #E55A9E #E5A15A

monochromatic

#1BA8AA #25DADD #5AE3E5 #8FECED #C4F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#5AE3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#5AE3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE3E5

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE3E5	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 227, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.118 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98eced',
    500: '#5ae3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae3e5;
$custom-light: #98eced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84264,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE3E5

secondary

#AB3938

accent

#1311D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE3E5

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

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