#5E8A7D#5E8A7D

#5E8A7D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.052 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8A7D
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 125)
HSL	hsl(162, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -18.07, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 18.20, 173.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0521 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.052 174)
XYZ	xyz(17.4050, 22.0364, 22.7344)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8A7D #8A5E6B

analogous

#5E8A67 #5E8A7D #5E818A

triadic

#5E8A7D #7D5E8A #8A7D5E

tetradic

#5E8A7D #675E8A #8A5E6B #818A5E

square

#5E8A7D #675E8A #8A5E6B #818A5E

split-complementary

#5E8A7D #8A5E81 #8A675E

monochromatic

#2C413B #45665C #5E8A7D #7EA79B #A2C0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#5E8A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#5E8A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8A7D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8A7D	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)

#87857C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.052 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daca2',
    500: '#5e8a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8a7d;
$custom-light: #8daca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.273,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59738,
    "c": 0.05238,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.22037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8A7D

secondary

#AE969D

accent

#6C84BC

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0C100F

muted

#7D7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8A7D

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

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