Grey Teal#5E9B8A

#5E9B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.069 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Grey Teal — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#5E9B8A
RGB	rgb(94, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 39%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -23.86, 2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 24.01, 173.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0685 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.069 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9231, 27.6560, 28.2754)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E9B8A #9B5E6F

analogous

#5E9B6C #5E9B8A #5E8E9B

triadic

#5E9B8A #8A5E9B #9B8A5E

tetradic

#5E9B8A #6C5E9B #9B5E6F #8E9B5E

square

#5E9B8A #6C5E9B #9B5E6F #8E9B5E

split-complementary

#5E9B8A #9B5E8E #9B6C5E

monochromatic

#304F46 #477568 #5E9B8A #83B4A6 #A9CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#5E9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#5E9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E9B8A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E9B8A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.069 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb8ac',
    500: '#5e9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e9b8a;
$custom-light: #8eb8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.279,
    "s": 24.498,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64281,
    "c": 0.06888,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E9B8A

secondary

#B99CA4

accent

#6780C1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E9B8A

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

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