#5AE9E1#5AE9E1

#5AE9E1 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.122 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9E1
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 225)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -39.85, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 40.56, 190.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.1205 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.122 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9399, 65.8827, 81.4624)
Luminance	0.6589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9E1 #E95A62

analogous

#5AE999 #5AE9E1 #5AAAE9

triadic

#5AE9E1 #E15AE9 #E9E15A

tetradic

#5AE9E1 #995AE9 #E95A62 #AAE95A

square

#5AE9E1 #995AE9 #E95A62 #AAE95A

split-complementary

#5AE9E1 #E95AAA #E9995A

monochromatic

#18B1A8 #24E2D7 #5AE9E1 #90F0EB #C6F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#5AE9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9E1

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9E1	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)

#DCDEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.122 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98f0ea',
    500: '#5ae9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9e1;
$custom-light: #98f0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.643,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85536,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9E1

secondary

#B1363D

accent

#0D18D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1716

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9E1

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

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