#5AE5E0#5AE5E0

#5AE5E0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.119 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE5E0
RGB	rgb(90, 229, 224)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -38.30, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 39.29, 192.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.1168 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.119 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6844, 63.5892, 80.3729)
Luminance	0.6359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE5E0 #E55A5F

analogous

#5AE59B #5AE5E0 #5AA4E5

triadic

#5AE5E0 #E05AE5 #E5E05A

tetradic

#5AE5E0 #9B5AE5 #E55A5F #A4E55A

square

#5AE5E0 #9B5AE5 #E55A5F #A4E55A

split-complementary

#5AE5E0 #E55AA4 #E59B5A

monochromatic

#1BAAA5 #25DDD6 #5AE5E0 #8FEDEA #C4F6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#5AE5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#5AE5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE5E0

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE5E0	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 229, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.119 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ede9',
    500: '#5ae5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae5e0;
$custom-light: #98ede9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.842,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84566,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE5E0

secondary

#AB383C

accent

#1118D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE5E0

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

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