#5E8D8A#5E8D8A

#5E8D8A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.051 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8D8A
RGB	rgb(94, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 33%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -16.57, -3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 16.93, 191.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0503 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.051 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7268, 23.2633, 27.5433)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8D8A #8D5E61

analogous

#5E8D72 #5E8D8A #5E788D

triadic

#5E8D8A #8A5E8D #8D8A5E

tetradic

#5E8D8A #725E8D #8D5E61 #788D5E

square

#5E8D8A #725E8D #8D5E61 #788D5E

split-complementary

#5E8D8A #8D5E78 #8D725E

monochromatic

#2D4442 #466866 #5E8D8A #7FA9A7 #A3C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#5E8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#5E8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8D8A

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8D8A	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F828B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.051 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daeac',
    500: '#5e8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8d8a;
$custom-light: #8daeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.17,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60882,
    "c": 0.0512,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8D8A

secondary

#B09798

accent

#6B70BD

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8D8A

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

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