#5E899D#5E899D

#5E899D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.056 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E899D
RGB	rgb(94, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(199, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -9.40, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 17.96, 238.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.037 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.056 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6455, 22.7041, 35.2389)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E899D #9D725E

analogous

#5E9D92 #5E899D #5E699D

triadic

#5E899D #9D5E89 #899D5E

tetradic

#5E899D #925E9D #9D725E #699D5E

square

#5E899D #925E9D #9D725E #699D5E

split-complementary

#5E899D #9D5E69 #9D925E

monochromatic

#304650 #476877 #5E899D #83A5B5 #AAC1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#5E899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#5E899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E899D

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E899D	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#468F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.056 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabba',
    500: '#5e899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e899d;
$custom-light: #8eabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.048,
    "s": 25.1,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60628,
    "c": 0.0561,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E899D

secondary

#BAA69D

accent

#8366C2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E899D

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

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