#5E899A#5E899A

#5E899A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.054 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E899A
RGB	rgb(94, 137, 154)
HSL	hsl(197, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 11%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -10.22, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 17.12, 233.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0382 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.054 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3925, 22.6029, 33.9065)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E899A #9A6F5E

analogous

#5E9A8D #5E899A #5E6B9A

triadic

#5E899A #9A5E89 #899A5E

tetradic

#5E899A #8D5E9A #9A6F5E #6B9A5E

square

#5E899A #8D5E9A #9A6F5E #6B9A5E

split-complementary

#5E899A #9A5E6B #9A8D5E

monochromatic

#30454E #476774 #5E899A #82A5B3 #A8C1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#5E899A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#5E899A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E899A

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E899A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E899A	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#478E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e899a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 137, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.054 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabb7',
    500: '#5e899a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e899a;
$custom-light: #8eabb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e899a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 24.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6051,
    "c": 0.05372,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E899A

secondary

#B8A49B

accent

#8167C1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E899A

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

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