#5E798E#5E798E

#5E798E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.045 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E798E
RGB	rgb(94, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(206, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(206, 34%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, -4.36, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 15.19, 253.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% -0.0213 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.045 242)
XYZ	xyz(16.3344, 18.0066, 28.2009)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E798E #8E735E

analogous

#5E8E8B #5E798E #5E618E

triadic

#5E798E #8E5E79 #798E5E

tetradic

#5E798E #8B5E8E #8E735E #618E5E

square

#5E798E #8B5E8E #8E735E #618E5E

split-complementary

#5E798E #8E5E61 #8E8B5E

monochromatic

#2D3A44 #465A69 #5E798E #7F97AA #A4B5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#5E798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#5E798E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E798E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E798E	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70798F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A738E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.045 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9faf',
    500: '#5e798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e798e;
$custom-light: #8d9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 20.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56286,
    "c": 0.04525,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.18007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E798E

secondary

#B1A297

accent

#8F6BBD

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0C0E10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E798E

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

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