#5AE9E6#5AE9E6

#5AE9E6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.122 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9E6
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 230)
HSL	hsl(179, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 1.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -38.53, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 39.79, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.1184 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.122 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6320, 66.1595, 85.1074)
Luminance	0.6616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9E6 #E95A5D

analogous

#5AE99E #5AE9E6 #5AA4E9

triadic

#5AE9E6 #E65AE9 #E9E65A

tetradic

#5AE9E6 #9E5AE9 #E95A5D #A4E95A

square

#5AE9E6 #9E5AE9 #E95A5D #A4E95A

split-complementary

#5AE9E6 #E95AA4 #E99E5A

monochromatic

#18B1AE #24E2DE #5AE9E6 #90F0EE #C6F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#5AE9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9E6

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9E6	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.122 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98f0ed',
    500: '#5ae9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9e6;
$custom-light: #98f0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.741,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85697,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9E6

secondary

#B13638

accent

#0D11D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9E6

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