#5AE4E6#5AE4E6

#5AE4E6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.118 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE4E6
RGB	rgb(90, 228, 230)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -36.23, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 38.20, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.1133 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.118 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2366, 63.3687, 84.6422)
Luminance	0.6337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE4E6 #E65C5A

analogous

#5AE6A2 #5AE4E6 #5A9EE6

triadic

#5AE4E6 #E65AE4 #E4E65A

tetradic

#5AE4E6 #A25AE6 #E65C5A #9EE65A

square

#5AE4E6 #A25AE6 #E65C5A #9EE65A

split-complementary

#5AE4E6 #E65A9E #E6A25A

monochromatic

#1AAAAC #25DBDE #5AE4E6 #8FEDEE #C4F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#5AE4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#5AE4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE4E6

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE4E6	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 228, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.118 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98eded',
    500: '#5ae4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae4e6;
$custom-light: #98eded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84531,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE4E6

secondary

#AD3937

accent

#1310D6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE4E6

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

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