#59697B#59697B

#59697B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.035 H 251.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59697B
RGB	rgb(89, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(212, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(212, 28%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, -1.56, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 12.11, 262.59°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% -0.011 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.035 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7455, 13.6566, 20.6995)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59697B #7B6B59

analogous

#597A7B #59697B #5A597B

triadic

#59697B #7B5969 #697B59

tetradic

#59697B #7B597A #7B6B59 #597B5A

square

#59697B #7B597A #7B6B59 #597B5A

split-complementary

#59697B #7B5A59 #7A7B59

monochromatic

#262C34 #3F4B57 #59697B #76879C #99A6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#59697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#59697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59697B

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59697B	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62697C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E667B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.035 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8893a1',
    500: '#59697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59697b;
$custom-light: #8893a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 16.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51426,
    "c": 0.0346,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59697B

secondary

#A3998C

accent

#966FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59697B

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

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