#5AE9E4#5AE9E4

#5AE9E4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.122 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9E4
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 228)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -39.06, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 40.08, 192.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.1192 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.122 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3527, 66.0478, 83.6367)
Luminance	0.6605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9E4 #E95A5F

analogous

#5AE99C #5AE9E4 #5AA6E9

triadic

#5AE9E4 #E45AE9 #E9E45A

tetradic

#5AE9E4 #9C5AE9 #E95A5F #A6E95A

square

#5AE9E4 #9C5AE9 #E95A5F #A6E95A

split-complementary

#5AE9E4 #E95AA6 #E99C5A

monochromatic

#18B1AC #24E2DB #5AE9E4 #90F0ED #C6F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#5AE9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9E4

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9E4	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.122 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98f0ec',
    500: '#5ae9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9e4;
$custom-light: #98f0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.902,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85632,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9E4

secondary

#B1363A

accent

#0D14D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9E4

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