#5AE8EB#5AE8EB

#5AE8EB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.121 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE8EB
RGB	rgb(90, 232, 235)
HSL	hsl(181, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -36.72, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 38.89, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.1153 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.121 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0619, 65.8799, 88.7643)
Luminance	0.6589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE8EB #EB5D5A

analogous

#5AEBA5 #5AE8EB #5A9FEB

triadic

#5AE8EB #EB5AE8 #E8EB5A

tetradic

#5AE8EB #A55AEB #EB5D5A #9FEB5A

square

#5AE8EB #A55AEB #EB5D5A #9FEB5A

split-complementary

#5AE8EB #EB5A9F #EBA55A

monochromatic

#16B1B5 #23E0E4 #5AE8EB #91F0F2 #C7F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#5AE8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE8EB

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE8EB	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 232, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.121 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f1',
    500: '#5ae8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae8eb;
$custom-light: #99f0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.241,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8563,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE8EB

secondary

#B53735

accent

#0F0BDB

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE8EB

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

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