#5E9C8D#5E9C8D

#5E9C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.069 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E9C8D
RGB	rgb(94, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(165, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -23.66, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 23.71, 176.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0684 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.069 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3105, 28.0783, 29.4908)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E9C8D #9C5E6D

analogous

#5E9C6E #5E9C8D #5E8C9C

triadic

#5E9C8D #8D5E9C #9C8D5E

tetradic

#5E9C8D #6E5E9C #9C5E6D #8C9C5E

square

#5E9C8D #6E5E9C #9C5E6D #8C9C5E

split-complementary

#5E9C8D #9C5E8C #9C6E5E

monochromatic

#305048 #47766A #5E9C8D #83B4A8 #A9CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#5E9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#5E9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E9C8D

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E9C8D	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#499E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.069 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb9ae',
    500: '#5e9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e9c8d;
$custom-light: #8fb9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.484,
    "s": 24.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64616,
    "c": 0.06855,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E9C8D

secondary

#BA9CA3

accent

#677DC1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E9C8D

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

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