#5AE3E6#5AE3E6

#5AE3E6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.118 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE3E6
RGB	rgb(90, 227, 230)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -35.77, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 37.90, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.1123 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.118 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9623, 62.8201, 84.5508)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE3E6 #E65D5A

analogous

#5AE6A3 #5AE3E6 #5A9DE6

triadic

#5AE3E6 #E65AE3 #E3E65A

tetradic

#5AE3E6 #A35AE6 #E65D5A #9DE65A

square

#5AE3E6 #A35AE6 #E65D5A #9DE65A

split-complementary

#5AE3E6 #E65A9D #E6A35A

monochromatic

#1AA8AC #25DADE #5AE3E6 #8FECEE #C4F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#5AE3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#5AE3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE3E6

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE3E6	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 227, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.118 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98eced',
    500: '#5ae3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae3e6;
$custom-light: #98eced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.286,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84297,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE3E6

secondary

#AD3A37

accent

#1410D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE3E6

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

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