#5E8A83#5E8A83

#5E8A83 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.049 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8A83
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 131)
HSL	hsl(170, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -16.66, -1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 16.70, 183.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0494 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.049 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7999, 22.1944, 24.8144)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8A83 #8A5E65

analogous

#5E8A6D #5E8A83 #5E7B8A

triadic

#5E8A83 #835E8A #8A835E

tetradic

#5E8A83 #6D5E8A #8A5E65 #7B8A5E

square

#5E8A83 #6D5E8A #8A5E65 #7B8A5E

split-complementary

#5E8A83 #8A5E7B #8A6D5E

monochromatic

#2C413E #456660 #5E8A83 #7EA7A1 #A2C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#5E8A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#5E8A83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8A83

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8A83	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#508C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.049 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daca7',
    500: '#5e8a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8a83;
$custom-light: #8daca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59927,
    "c": 0.04947,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8A83

secondary

#AE9699

accent

#6C79BC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C100F

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8A83

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

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