#5E8296#5E8296

#5E8296 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.051 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8296
RGB	rgb(94, 130, 150)
HSL	hsl(201, 23%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 37%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, -7.37, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 16.50, 243.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0305 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.051 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1019, 20.5459, 31.8602)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8296 #96725E

analogous

#5E968E #5E8296 #5E6696

triadic

#5E8296 #965E82 #82965E

tetradic

#5E8296 #8E5E96 #96725E #66965E

square

#5E8296 #8E5E96 #96725E #66965E

split-complementary

#5E8296 #965E66 #968E5E

monochromatic

#2F414B #466170 #5E8296 #819FB0 #A7BCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#5E8296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#5E8296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8296

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8296	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 130, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.051 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea6b4',
    500: '#5e8296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8296;
$custom-light: #8ea6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 22.951,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58709,
    "c": 0.05077,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8296

secondary

#B6A49A

accent

#8768BF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8296

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

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