#5AE9E3#5AE9E3

#5AE9E3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.122 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9E3
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 227)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -39.33, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 40.23, 192.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.1196 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.122 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2143, 65.9925, 82.9077)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9E3 #E95A60

analogous

#5AE99C #5AE9E3 #5AA7E9

triadic

#5AE9E3 #E35AE9 #E9E35A

tetradic

#5AE9E3 #9C5AE9 #E95A60 #A7E95A

square

#5AE9E3 #9C5AE9 #E95A60 #A7E95A

split-complementary

#5AE9E3 #E95AA7 #E99C5A

monochromatic

#18B1AB #24E2DA #5AE9E3 #90F0EC #C6F7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE9E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#5AE9E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9E3

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9E3	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)

#DCDEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.122 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98f0eb',
    500: '#5ae9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9e3;
$custom-light: #98f0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.483,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.856,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9E3

secondary

#B1363B

accent

#0D15D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9E3

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