#5E8399#5E8399

#5E8399 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.053 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5E8399
RGBrgb(94, 131, 153)
HSLhsl(202, 24%, 48%)
HSVhsv(202, 39%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(38.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(52.85, -7.11, -15.89)
CIE-LCHlch(52.85, 17.41, 245.89°)
OKLaboklab(59.06% -0.0307 -0.0438)
OKLCHoklch(59.06% 0.053 235)
XYZxyz(18.4803, 20.9111, 33.1933)
Luminance0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5E8399 #99745E
analogous
#5E9991 #5E8399 #5E6599
triadic
#5E8399 #995E83 #83995E
tetradic
#5E8399 #915E99 #99745E #65995E
square
#5E8399 #915E99 #99745E #65995E
split-complementary
#5E8399 #995E65 #99915E
monochromatic
#2F424D #476373 #5E8399 #82A0B2 #A8BDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05
#5E8399 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18
#5E8399 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8399
5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5E8399#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5E83991.004.055.185.18
#FFFFFF4.051.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1821.001.001.00
##0000005.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#79829A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#717B99
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#49898A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5e8399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 131, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.053 235.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea7b7',
    500: '#5e8399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5e8399;
$custom-light: #8ea7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5e8399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.373,
    "s": 23.887,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59064,
    "c": 0.05344,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.20912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5E8399
secondary
#B8A69B
accent
#8967C0
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#F0F4F6
border
#CBCED0
text
#0C0F11
muted
#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8399

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#5E8399 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva