#5AE9EF#5AE9EF

#5AE9EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.121 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE9EF
RGB	rgb(90, 233, 239)
HSL	hsl(182, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -36.09, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 38.82, 201.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.1146 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.121 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9286, 66.6782, 91.9362)
Luminance	0.6668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE9EF #EF605A

analogous

#5AEFAB #5AE9EF #5A9FEF

triadic

#5AE9EF #EF5AE9 #E9EF5A

tetradic

#5AE9EF #AB5AEF #EF605A #9FEF5A

square

#5AE9EF #AB5AEF #EF605A #9FEF5A

split-complementary

#5AE9EF #EF5A9F #EFAB5A

monochromatic

#12B5BC #22E2EA #5AE9EF #92F0F4 #CAF8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#5AE9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#5AE9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE9EF

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE9EF	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 233, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.121 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f4',
    500: '#5ae9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae9ef;
$custom-light: #99f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.416,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85998,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE9EF

secondary

#BB3832

accent

#0F07DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE9EF

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

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