#5E8686#5E8686

#5E8686 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.044 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8686
RGB	rgb(94, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(180, 18%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 30%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 0%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, -13.77, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 14.47, 197.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0426 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.044 196)
XYZ	xyz(17.4428, 21.1502, 25.7129)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8686 #865E5E

analogous

#5E8672 #5E8686 #5E7286

triadic

#5E8686 #865E86 #86865E

tetradic

#5E8686 #725E86 #865E5E #72865E

square

#5E8686 #725E86 #865E5E #72865E

split-complementary

#5E8686 #865E72 #86725E

monochromatic

#2C3E3E #456262 #5E8686 #7DA4A4 #A1BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#5E8686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#5E8686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8686

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8686	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#508986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.044 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da9a9',
    500: '#5e8686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8686;
$custom-light: #8da9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59062,
    "c": 0.04432,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.21151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8686

secondary

#AC9494

accent

#6E6EBA

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C0F0F

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8686

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

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