#59797F#59797F

#59797F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.038 H 210.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59797F
RGB	rgb(89, 121, 127)
HSL	hsl(189, 18%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 30%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, -9.85, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 12.07, 215.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% -0.0325 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.038 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7867, 17.3302, 22.6405)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59797F #7F5F59

analogous

#597F72 #59797F #59667F

triadic

#59797F #7F5979 #797F59

tetradic

#59797F #72597F #7F5F59 #667F59

square

#59797F #72597F #7F5F59 #667F59

split-complementary

#59797F #7F5966 #7F7259

monochromatic

#273437 #40575B #59797F #76999F #9AB4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#59797F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#59797F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59797F

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59797F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59797F	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73777F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D717F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59797f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 121, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.038 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899fa4',
    500: '#59797f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59797f;
$custom-light: #899fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59797f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 17.593,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55375,
    "c": 0.03767,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59797F

secondary

#A6918D

accent

#7A6EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59797F

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

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