#5AE8ED#5AE8ED

#5AE8ED is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.121 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE8ED
RGB	rgb(90, 232, 237)
HSL	hsl(182, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -36.18, -13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 38.71, 200.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.1145 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.121 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3525, 65.9961, 90.2946)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE8ED #ED5F5A

analogous

#5AEDA9 #5AE8ED #5A9FED

triadic

#5AE8ED #ED5AE8 #E8ED5A

tetradic

#5AE8ED #A95AED #ED5F5A #9FED5A

square

#5AE8ED #A95AED #ED5F5A #9FED5A

split-complementary

#5AE8ED #ED5A9F #EDA95A

monochromatic

#14B3B8 #23E0E7 #5AE8ED #91F0F3 #C8F7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#5AE8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE8ED

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE8ED	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 232, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.121 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f2',
    500: '#5ae8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae8ed;
$custom-light: #99f0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.041,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85698,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE8ED

secondary

#B83833

accent

#1009DD

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE8ED

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

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