#59797A#59797A

#59797A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.037 H 198.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59797A
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(182, 16%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 27%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, -11.11, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 11.90, 200.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% -0.0347 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.037 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4689, 17.2031, 20.9667)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59797A #7A5A59

analogous

#597A6B #59797A #59697A

triadic

#59797A #7A5979 #797A59

tetradic

#59797A #6B597A #7A5A59 #697A59

square

#59797A #6B597A #7A5A59 #697A59

split-complementary

#59797A #7A5969 #7A6B59

monochromatic

#253333 #3F5657 #59797A #769A9B #99B4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#59797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#59797A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59797A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59797A	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75767A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E717A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.037 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899fa0',
    500: '#59797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59797a;
$custom-light: #899fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 15.64,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55196,
    "c": 0.03657,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59797A

secondary

#A38D8C

accent

#726FB8

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59797A

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

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