#5E839B#5E839B

#5E839B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.055 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E839B
RGB	rgb(94, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(204, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, -6.56, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 18.17, 248.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0299 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.055 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6468, 20.9778, 34.0705)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E839B #9B765E

analogous

#5E9B95 #5E839B #5E659B

triadic

#5E839B #9B5E83 #839B5E

tetradic

#5E839B #955E9B #9B765E #659B5E

square

#5E839B #955E9B #9B765E #659B5E

split-complementary

#5E839B #9B5E65 #9B955E

monochromatic

#30434F #476375 #5E839B #83A0B4 #A9BDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#5E839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#5E839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E839B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E839B	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78829C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.055 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea7b8',
    500: '#5e839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e839b;
$custom-light: #8ea7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.607,
    "s": 24.498,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59146,
    "c": 0.05546,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E839B

secondary

#B9A79C

accent

#8A67C1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E839B

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

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