#5AE8EA#5AE8EA

#5AE8EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.121 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE8EA
RGB	rgb(90, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(181, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -36.99, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 38.99, 198.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.1157 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.121 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9179, 65.8222, 88.0056)
Luminance	0.6583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE8EA #EA5C5A

analogous

#5AEAA4 #5AE8EA #5AA0EA

triadic

#5AE8EA #EA5AE8 #E8EA5A

tetradic

#5AE8EA #A45AEA #EA5C5A #A0EA5A

square

#5AE8EA #A45AEA #EA5C5A #A0EA5A

split-complementary

#5AE8EA #EA5AA0 #EAA45A

monochromatic

#17B1B3 #24E0E3 #5AE8EA #90F0F1 #C7F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#5AE8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE8EA

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE8EA	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.121 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f0',
    500: '#5ae8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae8ea;
$custom-light: #99f0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85597,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE8EA

secondary

#B33735

accent

#0F0CDA

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE8EA

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

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