#5AE5E9#5AE5E9

#5AE5E9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.119 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE5E9
RGB	rgb(90, 229, 233)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -35.88, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 38.21, 200.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.1131 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.119 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9374, 64.0904, 86.9720)
Luminance	0.6410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE5E9 #E95E5A

analogous

#5AE9A5 #5AE5E9 #5A9DE9

triadic

#5AE5E9 #E95AE5 #E5E95A

tetradic

#5AE5E9 #A55AE9 #E95E5A #9DE95A

square

#5AE5E9 #A55AE9 #E95E5A #9DE95A

split-complementary

#5AE5E9 #E95A9D #E9A55A

monochromatic

#18ADB1 #24DCE2 #5AE5E9 #90EEF0 #C6F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#5AE5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#5AE5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE5E9

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE5E9	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 229, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.119 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edf0',
    500: '#5ae5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae5e9;
$custom-light: #98edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.678,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84865,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE5E9

secondary

#B13936

accent

#130DD9

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE5E9

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

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