#5AE5EF#5AE5EF

#5AE5EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.119 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE5EF
RGB	rgb(90, 229, 239)
HSL	hsl(184, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -34.23, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 37.79, 205.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.1106 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.119 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8091, 64.4391, 91.5630)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE5EF #EF645A

analogous

#5AEFAF #5AE5EF #5A9BEF

triadic

#5AE5EF #EF5AE5 #E5EF5A

tetradic

#5AE5EF #AF5AEF #EF645A #9BEF5A

square

#5AE5EF #AF5AEF #EF645A #9BEF5A

split-complementary

#5AE5EF #EF5A9B #EFAF5A

monochromatic

#12B1BC #22DCEA #5AE5EF #92EEF4 #CAF7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#5AE5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#5AE5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE5EF

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE5EF	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECBF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 229, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.119 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99edf4',
    500: '#5ae5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae5ef;
$custom-light: #99edf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.027,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85071,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE5EF

secondary

#BB3B32

accent

#1507DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE5EF

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

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