#5AE4E2#5AE4E2

#5AE4E2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.118 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE4E2
RGB	rgb(90, 228, 226)
HSL	hsl(179, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 0.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -37.31, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 38.67, 195.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.115 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.118 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6813, 63.1466, 81.7178)
Luminance	0.6315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE4E2 #E45A5C

analogous

#5AE49D #5AE4E2 #5AA1E4

triadic

#5AE4E2 #E25AE4 #E4E25A

tetradic

#5AE4E2 #9D5AE4 #E45A5C #A1E45A

square

#5AE4E2 #9D5AE4 #E45A5C #A1E45A

split-complementary

#5AE4E2 #E45AA1 #E49D5A

monochromatic

#1CA8A6 #25DBD9 #5AE4E2 #8FEDEB #C3F5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#5AE4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#5AE4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE4E2

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE4E2	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 228, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.118 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edeb',
    500: '#5ae4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae4e2;
$custom-light: #98edeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84398,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE4E2

secondary

#AA383A

accent

#1214D4

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE4E2

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

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