#5E8A80#5E8A80

#5E8A80 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.051 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8A80
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -17.38, 0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 17.38, 178.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0507 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.051 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5995, 22.1142, 23.7590)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8A80 #8A5E68

analogous

#5E8A6A #5E8A80 #5E7E8A

triadic

#5E8A80 #805E8A #8A805E

tetradic

#5E8A80 #6A5E8A #8A5E68 #7E8A5E

square

#5E8A80 #6A5E8A #8A5E68 #7E8A5E

split-complementary

#5E8A80 #8A5E7E #8A6A5E

monochromatic

#2C413C #45665E #5E8A80 #7EA79E #A2C0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#5E8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#5E8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8A80

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8A80	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#518B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.051 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daca4',
    500: '#5e8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8a80;
$custom-light: #8daca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59831,
    "c": 0.05074,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8A80

secondary

#AE969B

accent

#6C7EBC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C100F

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8A80

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

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