#5E997E#5E997E

#5E997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.075 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E997E
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(153, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -25.57, 8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 26.85, 162.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0715 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.075 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7718, 26.6673, 23.8401)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E997E #995E79

analogous

#5E9960 #5E997E #5E9699

triadic

#5E997E #7E5E99 #997E5E

tetradic

#5E997E #605E99 #995E79 #96995E

square

#5E997E #605E99 #995E79 #96995E

split-complementary

#5E997E #995E96 #99605E

monochromatic

#2F4D40 #47735F #5E997E #82B29C #A8C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#5E997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#5E997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E997E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E997E	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)

#97917D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.075 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb7a3',
    500: '#5e997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e997e;
$custom-light: #8eb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.542,
    "s": 23.887,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63446,
    "c": 0.07456,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E997E

secondary

#B89BA8

accent

#6790C0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E997E

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

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