#5AE4DC#5AE4DC

#5AE4DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.119 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE4DC
RGB	rgb(90, 228, 220)
HSL	hsl(177, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -38.90, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 39.57, 190.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.1175 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.119 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8724, 62.8230, 77.4575)
Luminance	0.6283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE4DC #E45A62

analogous

#5AE497 #5AE4DC #5AA7E4

triadic

#5AE4DC #DC5AE4 #E4DC5A

tetradic

#5AE4DC #975AE4 #E45A62 #A7E45A

square

#5AE4DC #975AE4 #E45A62 #A7E45A

split-complementary

#5AE4DC #E45AA7 #E4975A

monochromatic

#1CA8A0 #25DBD1 #5AE4DC #8FEDE7 #C3F5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#5AE4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#5AE4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE4DC

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE4DC	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)

#D8D9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 228, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.119 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ede6',
    500: '#5ae4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae4dc;
$custom-light: #97ede6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84203,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE4DC

secondary

#AA383F

accent

#121DD4

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE4DC

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

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