#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
RGB	rgb(94, 131, 153)
HSL	hsl(202, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -7.11, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 17.41, 245.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0307 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.053 235)
XYZ	xyz(18.4803, 20.9111, 33.1933)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##5E8399	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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