#5E9A91#5E9A91

#5E9A91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.064 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E9A91
RGB	rgb(94, 154, 145)
HSL	hsl(171, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 5.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -21.67, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 21.72, 183.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0641 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.064 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2806, 27.5338, 30.9758)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E9A91 #9A5E67

analogous

#5E9A73 #5E9A91 #5E859A

triadic

#5E9A91 #915E9A #9A915E

tetradic

#5E9A91 #735E9A #9A5E67 #859A5E

square

#5E9A91 #735E9A #9A5E67 #859A5E

split-complementary

#5E9A91 #9A5E85 #9A735E

monochromatic

#304E49 #47746D #5E9A91 #82B3AC #A8CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#5E9A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#5E9A91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E9A91

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E9A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E9A91	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#489C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e9a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 154, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.064 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb8b1',
    500: '#5e9a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e9a91;
$custom-light: #8fb8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e9a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 24.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64255,
    "c": 0.06424,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E9A91

secondary

#B89BA0

accent

#6775C1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0D1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E9A91

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

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