#5E858B#5E858B

#5E858B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.044 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E858B
RGB	rgb(94, 133, 139)
HSL	hsl(188, 19%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 32%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -11.96, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 14.16, 212.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0391 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.044 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6623, 21.0179, 27.5473)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E858B #8B645E

analogous

#5E8B7A #5E858B #5E6E8B

triadic

#5E858B #8B5E85 #858B5E

tetradic

#5E858B #7A5E8B #8B645E #6E8B5E

square

#5E858B #7A5E8B #8B645E #6E8B5E

split-complementary

#5E858B #8B5E6E #8B7A5E

monochromatic

#2D3F42 #456266 #5E858B #7EA2A8 #A3BDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#5E858B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#5E858B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E858B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E858B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E858B	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)

#7F828B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E8887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e858b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 133, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.044 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da8ac',
    500: '#5e858b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e858b;
$custom-light: #8da8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e858b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 19.313,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58999,
    "c": 0.04422,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E858B

secondary

#AF9996

accent

#776CBC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C0F10

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E858B

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

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