#5E8493#5E8493

#5E8493 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.048 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8493
RGB	rgb(94, 132, 147)
HSL	hsl(197, 22%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 36%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -9.31, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 15.41, 232.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0344 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.048 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1321, 20.9878, 30.6937)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8493 #936D5E

analogous

#5E9388 #5E8493 #5E6A93

triadic

#5E8493 #935E84 #84935E

tetradic

#5E8493 #885E93 #936D5E #6A935E

square

#5E8493 #885E93 #936D5E #6A935E

split-complementary

#5E8493 #935E6A #93885E

monochromatic

#2E4148 #46626E #5E8493 #80A1AE #A6BDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#5E8493 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#5E8493 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8493

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8493	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8493	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)

#7C8294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8493;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 132, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.048 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da7b2',
    500: '#5e8493',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8493;
$custom-light: #8da7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8493",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 21.992,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5906,
    "c": 0.04814,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8493

secondary

#B4A099

accent

#8169BF

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F5

border

#CBCECF

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8493

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

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