#5AE9EA#5AE9EA

#5AE9EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.121 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9EA
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 234)
HSL	hsl(180, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -37.45, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 39.30, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.1167 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.121 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2001, 66.3868, 88.0997)
Luminance	0.6639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9EA #EA5B5A

analogous

#5AEAA3 #5AE9EA #5AA1EA

triadic

#5AE9EA #EA5AE9 #E9EA5A

tetradic

#5AE9EA #A35AEA #EA5B5A #A1EA5A

square

#5AE9EA #A35AEA #EA5B5A #A1EA5A

split-complementary

#5AE9EA #EA5AA1 #EAA35A

monochromatic

#17B2B3 #24E2E3 #5AE9EA #90F0F1 #C7F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#5AE9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#5AE9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9EA

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9EA	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.121 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f0',
    500: '#5ae9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9ea;
$custom-light: #99f0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.417,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85829,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9EA

secondary

#B33635

accent

#0D0CDA

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9EA

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

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