#59797c

Color #59797c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.82 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#59797c

RGB

rgb(89, 121, 124)

HSL

hsl(185.1, 16.4%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.1, 28.2%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(48.58, -10.61, -5.35)

LCH

lch(48.58, 11.88, 206.76)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.0368, 203.36)

HWB

hwb(185.1, 34.9%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c5c59

Analogous

#597c6e

#59797c

#59687c

Triadic

#59797c

#7c5979

#797c59

Split-complementary

#59797c

#7c5968

#7c6e59

Tetradic

#59797c

#5c597c

#7c5c59

#797c59

Square

#59797c

#6e597c

#7c5c59

#687c59

Shades

Color #59797c mixed toward black.

#4a6567

#3b5153

#2d3d3e

#1e2829

#0f1415

Tints

Color #59797c mixed toward white.

#6f9498

#8caaac

#a9bfc1

#c5d4d6

#e2eaea

Tones

Color #59797c mixed toward gray.

#5c7779

#5f7476

#627273

#656f70

#686d6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.45:1

White text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68697b · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#66647b · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#5b7b7b · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #59797c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#59797c]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#59797c (#59797c) is rgb(89, 121, 124) in RGB.

No, #59797c 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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