#5AE9ED#5AE9ED

#5AE9ED is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.121 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9ED
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 237)
HSL	hsl(182, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -36.64, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 38.99, 200.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.1155 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.121 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6348, 66.5606, 90.3887)
Luminance	0.6657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9ED #ED5E5A

analogous

#5AEDA8 #5AE9ED #5AA0ED

triadic

#5AE9ED #ED5AE9 #E9ED5A

tetradic

#5AE9ED #A85AED #ED5E5A #A0ED5A

square

#5AE9ED #A85AED #ED5E5A #A0ED5A

split-complementary

#5AE9ED #ED5AA0 #EDA85A

monochromatic

#14B4B8 #23E2E7 #5AE9ED #91F0F3 #C8F8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#5AE9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#5AE9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9ED

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9ED	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.121 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f2',
    500: '#5ae9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9ed;
$custom-light: #99f0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.633,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8593,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9ED

secondary

#B83733

accent

#0F09DD

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9ED

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

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