#5E979D#5E979D

#5E979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.060 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E979D
RGB	rgb(94, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(186, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -17.04, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 19.30, 207.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0551 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.06 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7663, 26.9457, 35.9458)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E979D #9D645E

analogous

#5E9D84 #5E979D #5E789D

triadic

#5E979D #9D5E97 #979D5E

tetradic

#5E979D #845E9D #9D645E #789D5E

square

#5E979D #845E9D #9D645E #789D5E

split-complementary

#5E979D #9D5E78 #9D845E

monochromatic

#304D50 #477277 #5E979D #83B0B5 #AAC9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#5E979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#5E979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E979D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E979D	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.060 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb5b9',
    500: '#5e979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e979d;
$custom-light: #8fb5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 25.1,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6394,
    "c": 0.0604,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E979D

secondary

#BAA09D

accent

#6F66C2

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E979D

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

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