#5E8A84#5E8A84

#5E8A84 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.049 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8A84
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 132)
HSL	hsl(172, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -16.42, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 16.50, 185.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% -0.0489 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.049 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8680, 22.2216, 25.1730)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8A84 #8A5E64

analogous

#5E8A6E #5E8A84 #5E7A8A

triadic

#5E8A84 #845E8A #8A845E

tetradic

#5E8A84 #6E5E8A #8A5E64 #7A8A5E

square

#5E8A84 #6E5E8A #8A5E64 #7A8A5E

split-complementary

#5E8A84 #8A5E7A #8A6E5E

monochromatic

#2C413E #456661 #5E8A84 #7EA7A2 #A2C0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#5E8A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#5E8A84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8A84

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8A84	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)

#868584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#508C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.049 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daca7',
    500: '#5e8a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8a84;
$custom-light: #8daca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59959,
    "c": 0.04914,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8A84

secondary

#AE9699

accent

#6C77BC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C100F

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8A84

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

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