Skip to the color picker

#5fd4aa color: Aquarium Blue

#5fd4aa is rgb(95, 212, 170) in RGB and oklch(79.098% 0.12318 166.893) in OKLCH. Every other format, shade and contrast value is below.

Read as HEX

158°
100%

79.1%
0.123
167°
  • Emerald
  • Light
  • Vivid
  • Cool
  • ≈ Turquoise
  • teal-400
  • Black 17%

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text
1.83:1Hard to read
Lc -38
Black text
11.48:1Readable · AA
Lc 70

Shades

From lightest to darkest. Click a shade to use it.

Harmonies

Open as palette

Recent

Colors you stop on or copy appear here. They stay on this device.

About #5fd4aa

#5fd4aa is a bright light emerald color. In OKLCH it has 79.1% lightness, 0.123 chroma and a hue of 167°.

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text on it reaches 1.83:1 contrast and black text 11.48:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Aquarium Blue (#66cdaa). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is teal-400.

More light emerald colors

Lighter: #5fd4aa mixed with white

  1. 5fd4aa
  2. 73d9b2
  3. 86ddbb
  4. 97e2c3
  5. a7e6cb
  6. b6ead4
  7. c5eedc
  8. d4f3e5
  9. e2f7ee
  10. f1fbf6

Darker: #5fd4aa mixed with black

  1. 5fd4aa
  2. 52b893
  3. 449d7d
  4. 388368
  5. 2c6953
  6. 20513f
  7. 153a2d
  8. 0a241b
  9. 03100b
  10. 000201

Calmer: #5fd4aa with less saturation

  1. 5fd4aa
  2. 6cd2ac
  3. 78cfad
  4. 83cdaf
  5. 8ccbb1
  6. 95c8b2
  7. 9dc5b4
  8. a5c3b6
  9. adc0b7
  10. b4bdb9

Questions about #5fd4aa

What color is #5fd4aa?

#5fd4aa is bright light emerald. The closest named color is Aquarium Blue. In RGB it is rgb(95, 212, 170), in HSL hsl(158.46, 57.64%, 60.2%) and in OKLCH oklch(79.098% 0.12318 166.893).

What colors go well with #5fd4aa?

The complementary color of #5fd4aa is #f49aca. For a calmer combination use the analogous colors #95cd7d and #38d3d6. The triadic partners are #b5aeff and #fca174.

Is white or black text more readable on #5fd4aa?

Black text reads better on #5fd4aa: white gives a contrast ratio of 1.83:1 and black gives 11.48:1. WCAG AA asks for at least 4.5:1 for body text.

Is #5fd4aa a warm or cool color?

#5fd4aa is a cool color. In OKLCH its hue is 167 degrees, its lightness 79.1% and its chroma 0.123.