Slate Grey#59656D

#59656D is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.020 H 237.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Slate Grey — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#59656D
RGB	rgb(89, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(204, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(204, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, -2.70, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 6.63, 245.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% -0.0106 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.02 237)
XYZ	xyz(11.5331, 12.5351, 16.2769)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59656D #6D6159

analogous

#596D6B #59656D #595B6D

triadic

#59656D #6D5965 #656D59

tetradic

#59656D #6B596D #6D6159 #5B6D59

square

#59656D #6B596D #6D6159 #5B6D59

split-complementary

#59656D #6D595B #6D6B59

monochromatic

#22272A #3D464B #59656D #75848E #97A2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#59656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#59656D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59656D

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59656D	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F626D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.020 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889096',
    500: '#59656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59656d;
$custom-light: #889096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4994,
    "c": 0.01951,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.12535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59656D

secondary

#998F89

accent

#8E75B3

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFF0F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59656D

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

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