#5E997D#5E997D

#5E997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.075 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E997D
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(152, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(152, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -25.79, 8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 27.22, 161.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.072 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.075 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7076, 26.6416, 23.5019)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E997D #995E7A

analogous

#5E995F #5E997D #5E9799

triadic

#5E997D #7D5E99 #997D5E

tetradic

#5E997D #5F5E99 #995E7A #97995E

square

#5E997D #5F5E99 #995E7A #97995E

split-complementary

#5E997D #995E97 #995F5E

monochromatic

#2F4D3F #47735E #5E997D #82B29B #A8C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#5E997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#5E997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E997D

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E997D	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#509991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.075 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb7a2',
    500: '#5e997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e997d;
$custom-light: #8eb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.525,
    "s": 23.887,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63419,
    "c": 0.07541,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E997D

secondary

#B89BA9

accent

#6792C0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E997D

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

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