#5AE9E2#5AE9E2

#5AE9E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.122 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9E2
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 226)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -39.59, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 40.39, 191.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.1201 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.122 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0767, 65.9374, 82.1829)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9E2 #E95A61

analogous

#5AE99A #5AE9E2 #5AA8E9

triadic

#5AE9E2 #E25AE9 #E9E25A

tetradic

#5AE9E2 #9A5AE9 #E95A61 #A8E95A

square

#5AE9E2 #9A5AE9 #E95A61 #A8E95A

split-complementary

#5AE9E2 #E95AA8 #E99A5A

monochromatic

#18B1A9 #24E2D9 #5AE9E2 #90F0EB #C6F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#5AE9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9E2

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9E2	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.122 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98f0eb',
    500: '#5ae9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9e2;
$custom-light: #98f0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.063,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85568,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9E2

secondary

#B1363C

accent

#0D17D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1716

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9E2

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