#5E8A8D#5E8A8D

#5E8A8D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.048 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8A8D
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(184, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 33%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -14.19, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 15.57, 204.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.045 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.048 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5107, 22.4787, 28.5576)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8A8D #8D615E

analogous

#5E8D78 #5E8A8D #5E728D

triadic

#5E8A8D #8D5E8A #8A8D5E

tetradic

#5E8A8D #785E8D #8D615E #728D5E

square

#5E8A8D #785E8D #8D615E #728D5E

split-complementary

#5E8A8D #8D5E72 #8D785E

monochromatic

#2D4244 #466668 #5E8A8D #7FA7A9 #A3C0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#5E8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#5E8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8A8D

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8A8D	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B808D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.048 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacae',
    500: '#5e8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8a8d;
$custom-light: #8dacae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.83,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60264,
    "c": 0.04828,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8A8D

secondary

#B09897

accent

#706BBD

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8A8D

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

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