#5AE5E7#5AE5E7

#5AE5E7 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.119 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE5E7
RGB	rgb(90, 229, 231)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -36.42, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 38.40, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.1139 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.119 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6533, 63.9768, 85.4759)
Luminance	0.6398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE5E7 #E75C5A

analogous

#5AE7A2 #5AE5E7 #5A9EE7

triadic

#5AE5E7 #E75AE5 #E5E75A

tetradic

#5AE5E7 #A25AE7 #E75C5A #9EE75A

square

#5AE5E7 #A25AE7 #E75C5A #9EE75A

split-complementary

#5AE5E7 #E75A9E #E7A25A

monochromatic

#19ABAD #25DDDF #5AE5E7 #8FEDEF #C5F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#5AE5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#5AE5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE5E7

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE5E7	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 229, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.119 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edee',
    500: '#5ae5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae5e7;
$custom-light: #98edee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.851,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84797,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE5E7

secondary

#AE3837

accent

#120FD7

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE5E7

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

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