#5E889B#5E889B

#5E889B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.054 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E889B
RGB	rgb(94, 136, 155)
HSL	hsl(199, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 39%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -9.39, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 17.45, 237.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0365 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.055 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3346, 22.3534, 34.2998)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E889B #9B715E

analogous

#5E9B90 #5E889B #5E6A9B

triadic

#5E889B #9B5E88 #889B5E

tetradic

#5E889B #905E9B #9B715E #6A9B5E

square

#5E889B #905E9B #9B715E #6A9B5E

split-complementary

#5E889B #9B5E6A #9B905E

monochromatic

#30454F #476775 #5E889B #83A4B4 #A9C0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#5E889B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#5E889B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E889B

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E889B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E889B	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#478E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e889b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 136, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.054 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaab8',
    500: '#5e889b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e889b;
$custom-light: #8eaab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e889b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 24.498,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60314,
    "c": 0.0545,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E889B

secondary

#B9A59C

accent

#8367C1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E889B

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

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