#5AE9EE#5AE9EE

#5AE9EE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.121 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9EE
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 238)
HSL	hsl(182, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -36.37, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 38.91, 200.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.115 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.121 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7813, 66.6192, 91.1603)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9EE #EE5F5A

analogous

#5AEEA9 #5AE9EE #5A9FEE

triadic

#5AE9EE #EE5AE9 #E9EE5A

tetradic

#5AE9EE #A95AEE #EE5F5A #9FEE5A

square

#5AE9EE #A95AEE #EE5F5A #9FEE5A

split-complementary

#5AE9EE #EE5A9F #EEA95A

monochromatic

#13B5BA #23E2E8 #5AE9EE #91F0F4 #C9F8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#5AE9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#5AE9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9EE

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9EE	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.121 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f3',
    500: '#5ae9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9ee;
$custom-light: #99f0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.027,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85964,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9EE

secondary

#B93733

accent

#0F08DE

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9EE

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

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