#5AE9E9#5AE9E9

#5AE9E9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.121 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9E9
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 233)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -37.72, -11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 39.41, 196.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.1171 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.121 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0569, 66.3295, 87.3452)
Luminance	0.6633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9E9 #E95A5A

analogous

#5AE9A1 #5AE9E9 #5AA1E9

triadic

#5AE9E9 #E95AE9 #E9E95A

tetradic

#5AE9E9 #A15AE9 #E95A5A #A1E95A

square

#5AE9E9 #A15AE9 #E95A5A #A1E95A

split-complementary

#5AE9E9 #E95AA1 #E9A15A

monochromatic

#18B1B1 #24E2E2 #5AE9E9 #90F0F0 #C6F7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#5AE9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#5AE9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9E9

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9E9	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.121 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f0',
    500: '#5ae9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9e9;
$custom-light: #99f0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85796,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9E9

secondary

#B13636

accent

#0D0DD9

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9E9

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

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