#5E999D#5E999D

#5E999D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.062 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E999D
RGB	rgb(94, 153, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -18.10, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 19.86, 204.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0576 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.062 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0909, 27.5949, 36.0540)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E999D #9D625E

analogous

#5E9D82 #5E999D #5E7A9D

triadic

#5E999D #9D5E99 #999D5E

tetradic

#5E999D #825E9D #9D625E #7A9D5E

square

#5E999D #825E9D #9D625E #7A9D5E

split-complementary

#5E999D #9D5E7A #9D825E

monochromatic

#304E50 #477477 #5E999D #83B2B5 #AACACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#5E999D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#5E999D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E999D

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E999D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E999D	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e999d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 153, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.062 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb7b9',
    500: '#5e999d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e999d;
$custom-light: #8fb7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e999d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.81,
    "s": 25.1,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64417,
    "c": 0.06179,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E999D

secondary

#BA9F9D

accent

#6C66C2

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E999D

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

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