#59697E#59697E

#59697E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.039 H 255.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59697E
RGB	rgb(89, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(214, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(214, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, -0.77, -13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 13.67, 266.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% -0.0098 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.039 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.9362, 13.7329, 21.7037)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59697E #7E6E59

analogous

#597C7E #59697E #5C597E

triadic

#59697E #7E5969 #697E59

tetradic

#59697E #7E597C #7E6E59 #597E5C

square

#59697E #7E597C #7E6E59 #597E5C

split-complementary

#59697E #7E5C59 #7C7E59

monochromatic

#262D36 #404B5A #59697E #76879E #9AA7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#59697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#59697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59697E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59697E	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E667E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.039 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8893a3',
    500: '#59697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59697e;
$custom-light: #8893a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.054,
    "s": 17.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5155,
    "c": 0.03866,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59697E

secondary

#A69B8D

accent

#996EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F3

border

#CBCBCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59697E

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

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