#5E706E#5E706E

#5E706E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.022 H 188.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E706E
RGB	rgb(94, 112, 110)
HSL	hsl(173, 9%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 16%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, -7.13, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 7.22, 189.05°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% -0.0215 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.022 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2240, 15.0935, 16.9654)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E706E #705E60

analogous

#5E7065 #5E706E #5E6970

triadic

#5E706E #6E5E70 #706E5E

tetradic

#5E706E #655E70 #705E60 #69705E

square

#5E706E #655E70 #705E60 #69705E

split-complementary

#5E706E #705E69 #70655E

monochromatic

#262D2D #424F4D #5E706E #7B908E #9CACAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#5E706E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#5E706E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E706E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E706E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E706E	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e706e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 112, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.022 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9997',
    500: '#5e706e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e706e;
$custom-light: #8c9997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e706e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 8.738,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52975,
    "c": 0.02171,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E706E

secondary

#9B8E90

accent

#767DB2

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E706E

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

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