#5D8583

Closest named color: Steel Grey (#6F828A). oklch(58.7% 0.044 192.1), rgb(93, 133, 131).

Black text reads best on this color (5.14:1).

About this color

#5D8583 is a medium-dark, muted teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 59%, its chroma 0.044 and its hue 192°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Steel Grey (#6F828A), ΔE 0.028 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.14:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	medium-dark (59%)
Chroma	muted (0.044)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Steel Grey (#6F828A)
Black text	5.14:1
White text	4.07:1

Values

HEX	#5D8583
RGB	rgb(93, 133, 131)
HSL	hsl(177, 18%, 44%)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.044 192.1)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #5D8583	4.07:1	AA large text	Lc -73.4	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #5D8583	5.14:1	AA	Lc 36.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#5D8583 text on white	4.07:1	AA large text	Lc 67.9	Content text, not long reading
#5D8583 text on black	5.14:1	AA	Lc -33.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

Step 50
50

#F3F6F6

oklch(97.1% 0.003 197.1)
Step 100
100

#E6EBEB

oklch(93.6% 0.005 197.1)
Step 200
200

#D1DCDB

oklch(88.6% 0.012 190.4)
Step 300
300

#B3C5C4

oklch(80.9% 0.02 192.7)
Step 400
400

#8AA7A6

oklch(70.6% 0.032 193.9)
Step 500
500

#6D9290

oklch(63.2% 0.041 192)
Step 600
600 (this color)

#5D8583

oklch(58.7% 0.044 192.1)
Step 700
700

#446867

oklch(49% 0.041 193.7)
Step 800
800

#385554

oklch(42.6% 0.035 193.2)
Step 900
900

#314645

oklch(37.6% 0.026 192.4)
Step 950
950

#1D2929

oklch(27% 0.017 196.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#5D8583 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#808183	0.047
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#797B83	0.045
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#4F8784	0.015
Achromatopsia (no color)	#7E7E7E	0.045