#5E899E#5E899E

#5E899E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.057 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E899E
RGB	rgb(94, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(200, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -9.12, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 18.27, 240.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% -0.0366 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.057 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7312, 22.7384, 35.6904)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E899E #9E735E

analogous

#5E9E93 #5E899E #5E699E

triadic

#5E899E #9E5E89 #899E5E

tetradic

#5E899E #935E9E #9E735E #699E5E

square

#5E899E #935E9E #9E735E #699E5E

split-complementary

#5E899E #9E5E69 #9E935E

monochromatic

#304651 #476878 #5E899E #84A5B6 #AAC1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#5E899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#5E899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E899E

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E899E	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75809E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.057 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabba',
    500: '#5e899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e899e;
$custom-light: #8eabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.688,
    "s": 25.397,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60668,
    "c": 0.05695,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E899E

secondary

#BBA79D

accent

#8466C2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E899E

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

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