#5AE5EE#5AE5EE

#5AE5EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE5EE
RGB	rgb(90, 229, 238)
HSL	hsl(184, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -34.50, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 37.84, 204.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.111 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6617, 64.3802, 90.7871)
Luminance	0.6439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE5EE #EE635A

analogous

#5AEEAD #5AE5EE #5A9BEE

triadic

#5AE5EE #EE5AE5 #E5EE5A

tetradic

#5AE5EE #AD5AEE #EE635A #9BEE5A

square

#5AE5EE #AD5AEE #EE635A #9BEE5A

split-complementary

#5AE5EE #EE5A9B #EEAD5A

monochromatic

#13B0BA #23DCE8 #5AE5EE #91EEF4 #C9F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#5AE5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#5AE5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE5EE

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE5EE	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 229, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99edf3',
    500: '#5ae5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae5ee;
$custom-light: #99edf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.649,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85036,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE5EE

secondary

#B93B33

accent

#1508DE

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE5EE

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

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