#59979E#59979E

#59979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.065 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59979E
RGB	rgb(89, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 44%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -18.09, -9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 20.65, 208.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0588 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.065 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3557, 26.7241, 36.3740)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59979E #9E6059

analogous

#599E82 #59979E #59749E

triadic

#59979E #9E5997 #979E59

tetradic

#59979E #82599E #9E6059 #749E59

square

#59979E #82599E #9E6059 #749E59

split-complementary

#59979E #9E5974 #9E8259

monochromatic

#2D4C50 #437277 #59979E #7EB1B6 #A5C8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#59979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#59979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59979E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59979E	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.065 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5ba',
    500: '#59979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59979e;
$custom-light: #8cb5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 27.935,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63721,
    "c": 0.06487,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59979E

secondary

#BA9C99

accent

#6D64C4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #59979E

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

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