#5E6972#5E6972

#5E6972 is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.020 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E6972
RGB	rgb(94, 105, 114)
HSL	hsl(207, 10%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(207, 18%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.80, -2.09, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.80, 6.78, 252.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% -0.009 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.02 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7042, 13.6975, 17.8909)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E6972 #72675E

analogous

#5E7271 #5E6972 #5E5F72

triadic

#5E6972 #725E69 #69725E

tetradic

#5E6972 #715E72 #72675E #5F725E

square

#5E6972 #715E72 #72675E #5F725E

split-complementary

#5E6972 #725E5F #72715E

monochromatic

#272B2F #424A50 #5E6972 #7B8892 #9DA6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#5E6972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#5E6972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E6972

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E6972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E6972	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e6972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 105, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.020 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b939a',
    500: '#5e6972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e6972;
$custom-light: #8b939a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e6972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 9.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51464,
    "c": 0.01963,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E6972

secondary

#9D958F

accent

#9175B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E6972

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

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