#59797E#59797E

#59797E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.037 H 208.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59797E
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(188, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, -10.10, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 11.98, 212.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% -0.0329 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.037 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7219, 17.3042, 22.2990)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59797E #7E5E59

analogous

#597E71 #59797E #59677E

triadic

#59797E #7E5979 #797E59

tetradic

#59797E #71597E #7E5E59 #677E59

square

#59797E #71597E #7E5E59 #677E59

split-complementary

#59797E #7E5967 #7E7159

monochromatic

#263436 #40575A #59797E #76999E #9AB4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#59797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#59797E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59797E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#74767E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D717E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.037 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899fa3',
    500: '#59797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59797e;
$custom-light: #899fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 17.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55339,
    "c": 0.03732,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59797E

secondary

#A6908D

accent

#786EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59797E

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

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