#5E8B86 · near Slate

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#5E8B86 (RGB 94, 139, 134) is a medium, muted gray, closest to Slate and near Gray and Cadet. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #5E8B86 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 60% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 187°.

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HEX#5E8B86
RGBrgb(94, 139, 134)
HSLhsl(173, 19%, 46%)
CMYK32, 0, 4, 45
CSS var--slate
Contrast3.81:1 white · 5.51:1 black

Similar named colors

Slate #708090Gray #808080Cadet #5F9EA0Warm Gray #8B8589Stone #928E85

How to use #5E8B86

Black text passes WCAG AA on #5E8B86 (5.51:1); white text does not (3.81:1).

For a calm scheme pair #5E8B86 with its analogous neighbors #5F8C70 and #5F7B8C; for contrast use its complement #8C5F64 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--slate: #5E8B86;

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#5E8B86 hex color card: near Slate, RGB 94, 139, 134
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Shades & tints

#131C1B#263836#385350#4B6F6B#5E8B86#7EA29E#9EB9B6#BFD1CF#DFE8E7

Color harmonies for #5E8B86

Complementary

#5E8B86#8C5F64

Analogous

#5E8B86#5F8C70#5F7B8C

Triadic

#5E8B86#865F8C#8C865F

Split complementary

#5E8B86#8C5F7B#8C705F

Tetradic

#5E8B86#705F8C#8C5F64#7B8C5F

Palettes with #5E8B86