#59697c

Color #59697c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.32 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#59697c

RGB

rgb(89, 105, 124)

HSL

hsl(212.6, 16.4%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.6, 28.2%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(43.77, -1.3, -12.55)

LCH

lch(43.77, 12.62, 264.09)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.036, 252.87)

HWB

hwb(212.6, 34.9%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c6c59

Analogous

#597b7c

#59697c

#5b597c

Triadic

#59697c

#7c5969

#697c59

Split-complementary

#59697c

#7c5b59

#7b7c59

Tetradic

#59697c

#6c597c

#7c6c59

#697c59

Square

#59697c

#7c597b

#7c6c59

#597c5b

Shades

Color #59697c mixed toward black.

#4a5867

#3b4653

#2d353e

#1e2329

#0f1215

Tints

Color #59697c mixed toward white.

#6f8298

#8c9bac

#a9b4c1

#c5cdd6

#e2e6ea

Tones

Color #59697c mixed toward gray.

#5c6979

#5f6a76

#626a73

#656a70

#686a6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.74:1

White text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606078 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#5f5e77 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#5a7473 · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 9.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #59697c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#59697c]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#59697c (#59697c) is rgb(89, 105, 124) in RGB.

No, #59697c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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