#5E979F#5E979F

#5E979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.061 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E979F
RGB	rgb(94, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 26%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 41%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -16.52, -10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 19.35, 211.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0542 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.061 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9384, 27.0146, 36.8525)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E979F #9F665E

analogous

#5E9F87 #5E979F #5E769F

triadic

#5E979F #9F5E97 #979F5E

tetradic

#5E979F #875E9F #9F665E #769F5E

square

#5E979F #875E9F #9F665E #769F5E

split-complementary

#5E979F #9F5E76 #9F875E

monochromatic

#314E52 #477279 #5E979F #84B0B6 #AAC9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5E979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#5E979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E979F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E979F	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.061 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb5bb',
    500: '#5e979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e979f;
$custom-light: #8fb5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 25.692,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64012,
    "c": 0.06088,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E979F

secondary

#BBA19E

accent

#7166C2

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E979F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →