#5E8A8A#5E8A8A

#5E8A8A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.048 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8A8A
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -14.95, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 15.71, 197.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0463 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.048 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2905, 22.3906, 27.3979)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8A8A #8A5E5E

analogous

#5E8A74 #5E8A8A #5E748A

triadic

#5E8A8A #8A5E8A #8A8A5E

tetradic

#5E8A8A #745E8A #8A5E5E #748A5E

square

#5E8A8A #745E8A #8A5E5E #748A5E

split-complementary

#5E8A8A #8A5E74 #8A745E

monochromatic

#2C4141 #456666 #5E8A8A #7EA7A7 #A2C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#5E8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#5E8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8A8A

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8A8A	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.048 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacac',
    500: '#5e8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8a8a;
$custom-light: #8dacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6016,
    "c": 0.04812,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8A8A

secondary

#AE9696

accent

#6C6CBC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8A8A

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

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