#5AE9EC#5AE9EC

#5AE9EC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.121 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9EC
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 236)
HSL	hsl(181, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -36.91, -12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 39.09, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.1159 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.121 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4891, 66.5024, 89.6214)
Luminance	0.6651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9EC #EC5D5A

analogous

#5AECA6 #5AE9EC #5AA0EC

triadic

#5AE9EC #EC5AE9 #E9EC5A

tetradic

#5AE9EC #A65AEC #EC5D5A #A0EC5A

square

#5AE9EC #A65AEC #EC5D5A #A0EC5A

split-complementary

#5AE9EC #EC5AA0 #ECA65A

monochromatic

#15B3B7 #23E2E6 #5AE9EC #91F0F2 #C8F8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#5AE9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#5AE9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9EC

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9EC	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.121 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f2',
    500: '#5ae9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9ec;
$custom-light: #99f0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.233,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85896,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9EC

secondary

#B63734

accent

#0E0ADC

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9EC

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

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