#5ae7ef

Color #5ae7ef

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 10.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5ae7ef

RGB

rgb(90, 231, 239)

HSL

hsl(183.2, 82.3%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.2, 62.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(84.77, -35.16, -15.17)

LCH

lch(84.77, 38.29, 203.34)

OKLCH

oklch(85.5%, 0.1202, 200.46)

HWB

hwb(183.2, 35.3%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef625a

Analogous

#5aefac

#5ae7ef

#5a9def

Triadic

#5ae7ef

#ef5ae7

#e7ef5a

Split-complementary

#5ae7ef

#ef5a9d

#efac5a

Tetradic

#5ae7ef

#625aef

#ef625a

#e7ef5a

Square

#5ae7ef

#ac5aef

#ef625a

#9def5a

Shades

Color #5ae7ef mixed toward black.

#28e0ea

#13bec8

#0f8f96

#0a5f64

#053032

Tints

Color #5ae7ef mixed toward white.

#75ebf2

#91eff4

#acf3f7

#c8f7fa

#e3fbfc

Tones

Color #5ae7ef mixed toward gray.

#66dce3

#73d1d6

#7fc6ca

#8cbbbd

#98b0b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaced · ΔE 30.9

Deuteranopia

#a297ed · ΔE 35.6

Tritanopia

#68eceb · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ae7ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ae7ef]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#5ae7ef (#5ae7ef) is rgb(90, 231, 239) in RGB.

No, #5ae7ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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