#5E878E#5E878E

#5E878E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.046 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E878E
RGB	rgb(94, 135, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 34%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -12.29, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 14.82, 213.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0405 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.046 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1609, 21.6596, 28.8097)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E878E #8E655E

analogous

#5E8E7D #5E878E #5E6F8E

triadic

#5E878E #8E5E87 #878E5E

tetradic

#5E878E #7D5E8E #8E655E #6F8E5E

square

#5E878E #7D5E8E #8E655E #6F8E5E

split-complementary

#5E878E #8E5E6F #8E7D5E

monochromatic

#2D4144 #466469 #5E878E #7FA4AA #A4BEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#5E878E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#5E878E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E878E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E878E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E878E	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e878e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 135, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.046 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daaaf',
    500: '#5e878e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e878e;
$custom-light: #8daaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e878e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 20.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59584,
    "c": 0.04642,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E878E

secondary

#B19B97

accent

#776BBD

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E878E

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

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