#5AE4E9#5AE4E9

#5AE4E9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.118 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE4E9
RGB	rgb(90, 228, 233)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -35.41, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 37.92, 200.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.1121 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.118 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6615, 63.5387, 86.8801)
Luminance	0.6354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE4E9 #E95F5A

analogous

#5AE9A6 #5AE4E9 #5A9CE9

triadic

#5AE4E9 #E95AE4 #E4E95A

tetradic

#5AE4E9 #A65AE9 #E95F5A #9CE95A

square

#5AE4E9 #A65AE9 #E95F5A #9CE95A

split-complementary

#5AE4E9 #E95A9C #E9A65A

monochromatic

#18ACB1 #24DBE2 #5AE4E9 #90EDF0 #C6F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#5AE4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#5AE4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE4E9

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE4E9	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 228, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.118 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edf0',
    500: '#5ae4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae4e9;
$custom-light: #98edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.098,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84632,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE4E9

secondary

#B13A36

accent

#140DD9

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE4E9

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

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