#59797C#59797C

#59797C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.037 H 203.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59797C
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(185, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 28%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, -10.61, -5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 11.88, 206.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% -0.0338 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.037 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5941, 17.2531, 21.6261)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59797C #7C5C59

analogous

#597C6E #59797C #59687C

triadic

#59797C #7C5979 #797C59

tetradic

#59797C #6E597C #7C5C59 #687C59

square

#59797C #6E597C #7C5C59 #687C59

split-complementary

#59797C #7C5968 #7C6E59

monochromatic

#263335 #3F5658 #59797C #76999C #99B4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#59797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#59797C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59797C

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59797C	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)

#74767C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E717C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.037 203.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 16.432,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55267,
    "c": 0.03682,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59797C

secondary

#A48F8D

accent

#756FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59797C

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

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