#59797B#59797B

#59797B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.037 H 201.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59797B
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(184, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 28%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, -10.86, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 11.87, 203.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% -0.0342 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.037 201)
XYZ	xyz(14.5312, 17.2280, 21.2947)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59797B #7B5B59

analogous

#597B6C #59797B #59687B

triadic

#59797B #7B5979 #797B59

tetradic

#59797B #6C597B #7B5B59 #687B59

square

#59797B #6C597B #7B5B59 #687B59

split-complementary

#59797B #7B5968 #7B6C59

monochromatic

#263334 #3F5657 #59797B #76999C #99B4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#59797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#59797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59797B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59797B	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74767B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E717B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.037 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899fa1',
    500: '#59797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59797b;
$custom-light: #899fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 16.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55232,
    "c": 0.03666,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.17229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59797B

secondary

#A38E8C

accent

#736FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59797B

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

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