#59797b

Color #59797b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.3 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#59797b

RGB

rgb(89, 121, 123)

HSL

hsl(183.5, 16%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.5, 27.6%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(48.55, -10.86, -4.81)

LCH

lch(48.55, 11.88, 203.89)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.0366, 200.96)

HWB

hwb(183.5, 34.9%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b5b59

Analogous

#597b6c

#59797b

#59687b

Triadic

#59797b

#7b5979

#797b59

Split-complementary

#59797b

#7b5968

#7b6c59

Tetradic

#59797b

#5b597b

#7b5b59

#797b59

Square

#59797b

#6c597b

#7b5b59

#687b59

Shades

Color #59797b mixed toward black.

#4a6567

#3b5152

#2d3d3e

#1e2829

#0f1415

Tints

Color #59797b mixed toward white.

#6f9497

#8caaac

#a9bfc0

#c5d4d5

#e2eaea

Tones

Color #59797b mixed toward gray.

#5c7778

#5f7475

#627273

#646f70

#676d6d

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 17.2

Deuteranopia

#66647a · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#5b7a7a · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #59797b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#59797b]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#59797b (#59797b) is rgb(89, 121, 123) in RGB.

No, #59797b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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