#5AE4E4#5AE4E4

#5AE4E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.118 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE4E4
RGB	rgb(90, 228, 228)
HSL	hsl(180, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -36.77, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 38.42, 196.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.1141 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.118 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9573, 63.2570, 83.1716)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE4E4 #E45A5A

analogous

#5AE49F #5AE4E4 #5A9FE4

triadic

#5AE4E4 #E45AE4 #E4E45A

tetradic

#5AE4E4 #9F5AE4 #E45A5A #9FE45A

square

#5AE4E4 #9F5AE4 #E45A5A #9FE45A

split-complementary

#5AE4E4 #E45A9F #E49F5A

monochromatic

#1CA8A8 #25DBDB #5AE4E4 #8FEDED #C3F5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#5AE4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#5AE4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE4E4

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE4E4	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 228, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.118 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edec',
    500: '#5ae4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae4e4;
$custom-light: #98edec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84464,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE4E4

secondary

#AA3838

accent

#1212D4

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE4E4

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

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