#59979B#59979B

#59979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.064 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59979B
RGB	rgb(89, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(184, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -18.90, -8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 20.67, 203.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0601 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.064 201)
XYZ	xyz(21.1006, 26.6221, 35.0307)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59979B #9B5D59

analogous

#599B7E #59979B #59769B

triadic

#59979B #9B5997 #979B59

tetradic

#59979B #7E599B #9B5D59 #769B59

square

#59979B #7E599B #9B5D59 #769B59

split-complementary

#59979B #9B5976 #9B7E59

monochromatic

#2C4B4D #437174 #59979B #7DB1B4 #A4C8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#59979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#59979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59979B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59979B	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.064 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5b8',
    500: '#59979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59979b;
$custom-light: #8cb5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 27.049,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63613,
    "c": 0.06437,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.26624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59979B

secondary

#B89997

accent

#6A64C3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #59979B

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

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