#5E9986#5E9986

#5E9986 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.069 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E9986
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(161, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(161, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -23.78, 3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 24.10, 170.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0678 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.069 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3088, 26.8821, 26.6683)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E9986 #995E71

analogous

#5E9968 #5E9986 #5E8E99

triadic

#5E9986 #865E99 #99865E

tetradic

#5E9986 #685E99 #995E71 #8E995E

square

#5E9986 #685E99 #995E71 #8E995E

split-complementary

#5E9986 #995E8E #99685E

monochromatic

#2F4D44 #477365 #5E9986 #82B2A3 #A8C9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#5E9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#5E9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E9986

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E9986	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.069 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb7a9',
    500: '#5e9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e9986;
$custom-light: #8eb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.678,
    "s": 23.887,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63673,
    "c": 0.06855,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E9986

secondary

#B89BA4

accent

#6784C0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E9986

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

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