Palettes / Colors / #5AEAED

#5AEAED — Vivid Teal

#5AEAED is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Turquoise (#40E0D0). It belongs to the teal family.

#5AEAED is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ED5C5A; it also sits naturally between #5AEDA6 and #5AA1ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 35% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

Cyan 62% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #5AEAED

.text { color: #5AEAED; }
.background { background-color: #5AEAED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #5AEAED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(90, 234, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 80%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #5AEAED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(90, 234, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #5AEAED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(90, 234, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#5AEAED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#5AEAED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #5AEAED

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #ED5C5A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #5AEAED: #000000.

How #5AEAED looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #5AEAED rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #5AEAED?

#5AEAED is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 90, 234, 237). Its closest standard named color is Turquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #5AEAED?

#5AEAED is RGB 90, 234, 237 — HSL 181°, 80%, 64% — CMYK 62%, 1%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #5AEAED?

Its complement is #ED5C5A; analogous partners are #5AEDA6 and #5AA1ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #5AEAED for text?

Black text on #5AEAED has a contrast ratio of 14.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.46:1.