#5E9C8A#5E9C8A

#5E9C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.070 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E9C8A
RGB	rgb(94, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -24.36, 3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 24.57, 172.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0698 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.07 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0903, 27.9902, 28.3311)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E9C8A #9C5E70

analogous

#5E9C6B #5E9C8A #5E8F9C

triadic

#5E9C8A #8A5E9C #9C8A5E

tetradic

#5E9C8A #6B5E9C #9C5E70 #8F9C5E

square

#5E9C8A #6B5E9C #9C5E70 #8F9C5E

split-complementary

#5E9C8A #9C5E8F #9C6B5E

monochromatic

#305046 #477668 #5E9C8A #83B4A6 #A9CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5E9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#5E9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E9C8A

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E9C8A	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B9D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.070 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb9ac',
    500: '#5e9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e9c8a;
$custom-light: #8eb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.581,
    "s": 24.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64525,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E9C8A

secondary

#BA9CA5

accent

#6781C1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E9C8A

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

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