#5E8988#5E8988

#5E8988 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.047 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8988
RGB	rgb(94, 137, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 31%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 0%, 0.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -14.90, -4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 15.48, 195.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% -0.0458 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.047 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0042, 22.0476, 26.5947)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8988 #895E5F

analogous

#5E8972 #5E8988 #5E7489

triadic

#5E8988 #885E89 #89885E

tetradic

#5E8988 #725E89 #895E5F #74895E

square

#5E8988 #725E89 #895E5F #74895E

split-complementary

#5E8988 #895E74 #89725E

monochromatic

#2C4040 #456564 #5E8988 #7EA6A5 #A2BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#5E8988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#5E8988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8988

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8988	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 137, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.047 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabaa',
    500: '#5e8988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8988;
$custom-light: #8dabaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 18.615,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59851,
    "c": 0.04723,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8988

secondary

#AE9596

accent

#6D6EBB

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8988

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

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