#5E8A7E#5E8A7E

#5E8A7E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.052 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8A7E
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(164, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -17.84, 1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 17.92, 174.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0516 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.052 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4692, 22.0621, 23.0725)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8A7E #8A5E6A

analogous

#5E8A68 #5E8A7E #5E808A

triadic

#5E8A7E #7E5E8A #8A7E5E

tetradic

#5E8A7E #685E8A #8A5E6A #808A5E

square

#5E8A7E #685E8A #8A5E6A #808A5E

split-complementary

#5E8A7E #8A5E80 #8A685E

monochromatic

#2C413C #45665D #5E8A7E #7EA79C #A2C0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#5E8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#5E8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8A7E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8A7E	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)

#87857D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.052 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daca3',
    500: '#5e8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8a7e;
$custom-light: #8daca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59769,
    "c": 0.0518,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8A7E

secondary

#AE969C

accent

#6C82BC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F3

border

#CBCECD

text

#0C100F

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8A7E

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

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