#5E97A2#5E97A2

#5E97A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.062 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E97A2
RGB	rgb(94, 151, 162)
HSL	hsl(190, 27%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 42%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 6.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -15.71, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 19.56, 216.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.053 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.062 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2019, 27.1200, 38.2402)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E97A2 #A2695E

analogous

#5EA28B #5E97A2 #5E75A2

triadic

#5E97A2 #A25E97 #97A25E

tetradic

#5E97A2 #8B5EA2 #A2695E #75A25E

square

#5E97A2 #8B5EA2 #A2695E #75A25E

split-complementary

#5E97A2 #A25E75 #A28B5E

monochromatic

#314F55 #47737B #5E97A2 #85B0B8 #ACC9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#5E97A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#5E97A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E97A2

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E97A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E97A2	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e97a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 151, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.062 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb5bd',
    500: '#5e97a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e97a2;
$custom-light: #8fb5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e97a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.706,
    "s": 26.772,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64122,
    "c": 0.06189,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E97A2

secondary

#BDA49F

accent

#7465C3

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E97A2

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

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