#59797D#59797D

#59797D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.037 H 205.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59797D
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 125)
HSL	hsl(187, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, -10.36, -5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 11.92, 209.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% -0.0334 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.037 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6577, 17.2786, 21.9608)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59797D #7D5D59

analogous

#597D6F #59797D #59677D

triadic

#59797D #7D5979 #797D59

tetradic

#59797D #6F597D #7D5D59 #677D59

square

#59797D #6F597D #7D5D59 #677D59

split-complementary

#59797D #7D5967 #7D6F59

monochromatic

#263436 #405659 #59797D #76999D #9AB4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#59797D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#59797D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59797D

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59797D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59797D	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74767D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E717D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59797d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.037 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899fa2',
    500: '#59797d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59797d;
$custom-light: #899fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59797d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 16.822,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55303,
    "c": 0.03703,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59797D

secondary

#A5908D

accent

#776EBA

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59797D

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

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