#5AE5DE#5AE5DE

#5AE5DE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.120 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE5DE
RGB	rgb(90, 229, 222)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 3.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -38.83, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 39.60, 191.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.1177 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.12 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4147, 63.4814, 78.9528)
Luminance	0.6349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE5DE #E55A61

analogous

#5AE598 #5AE5DE #5AA7E5

triadic

#5AE5DE #DE5AE5 #E5DE5A

tetradic

#5AE5DE #985AE5 #E55A61 #A7E55A

square

#5AE5DE #985AE5 #E55A61 #A7E55A

split-complementary

#5AE5DE #E55AA7 #E5985A

monochromatic

#1BAAA3 #25DDD3 #5AE5DE #8FEDE9 #C4F6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#5AE5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#5AE5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE5DE

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE5DE	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 229, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.120 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97eee8',
    500: '#5ae5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae5de;
$custom-light: #97eee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.978,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84502,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE5DE

secondary

#AB383E

accent

#111BD5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE5DE

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

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