#5E8A87#5E8A87

#5E8A87 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.048 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8A87
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, -15.69, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 16.02, 191.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0476 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.048 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0763, 22.3049, 26.2698)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8A87 #8A5E61

analogous

#5E8A71 #5E8A87 #5E778A

triadic

#5E8A87 #875E8A #8A875E

tetradic

#5E8A87 #715E8A #8A5E61 #778A5E

square

#5E8A87 #715E8A #8A5E61 #778A5E

split-complementary

#5E8A87 #8A5E77 #8A715E

monochromatic

#2C4140 #456663 #5E8A87 #7EA7A4 #A2C0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#5E8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#5E8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8A87

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8A87	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.048 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daca9',
    500: '#5e8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8a87;
$custom-light: #8daca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.04841,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8A87

secondary

#AE9697

accent

#6C72BC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8A87

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

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