#5AE8EF#5AE8EF

#5AE8EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.121 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE8EF
RGB	rgb(90, 232, 239)
HSL	hsl(183, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -35.63, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 38.56, 202.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.1136 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.121 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6463, 66.1136, 91.8421)
Luminance	0.6612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE8EF #EF615A

analogous

#5AEFAC #5AE8EF #5A9EEF

triadic

#5AE8EF #EF5AE8 #E8EF5A

tetradic

#5AE8EF #AC5AEF #EF615A #9EEF5A

square

#5AE8EF #AC5AEF #EF615A #9EEF5A

split-complementary

#5AE8EF #EF5A9E #EFAC5A

monochromatic

#12B4BC #22E0EA #5AE8EF #92F0F4 #CAF8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#5AE8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE8EF

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE8EF	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CDF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 232, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.121 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99eff4',
    500: '#5ae8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae8ef;
$custom-light: #99eff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.819,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85766,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE8EF

secondary

#BB3932

accent

#1107DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE8EF

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

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