#5AE9DC#5AE9DC

#5AE9DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.123 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9DC
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 220)
HSL	hsl(175, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -41.16, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 41.47, 187.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.1226 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.123 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2678, 65.6139, 77.9226)
Luminance	0.6562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9DC #E95A67

analogous

#5AE994 #5AE9DC #5AAFE9

triadic

#5AE9DC #DC5AE9 #E9DC5A

tetradic

#5AE9DC #945AE9 #E95A67 #AFE95A

square

#5AE9DC #945AE9 #E95A67 #AFE95A

split-complementary

#5AE9DC #E95AAF #E9945A

monochromatic

#18B1A3 #24E2D1 #5AE9DC #90F0E7 #C6F7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#5AE9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#5AE9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9DC

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9DC	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDDDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.123 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98f0e6',
    500: '#5ae9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9dc;
$custom-light: #98f0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85379,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9DC

secondary

#B13641

accent

#0D1FD9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1716

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9DC

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

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