All About Color #59797D

#59797D

About #59797D

#59797D is a medium cyan color with the hex code #59797D. In RGB it is red 89, green 121, blue 125; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 17%, lightness 42%; in CMYK it is 29%, 3%, 0%, 51%. Its contrast ratio is 4.71:1 on white and 4.46:1 on black.

#59797D Color Conversion

Hex triplet59, 79, 7D
CMYK28.80%, 3.20%, 0.00%, 50.98%
RGB Decimal89, 121, 125
HSL187°, 17%, 42%
RGB Octal131, 171, 175
HSV (HSB)186.67°, 28.80%, 49.02%
RGB Binary1011001, 1111001, 1111101
CIE-L*AB48.61, -10.35, -5.90
RGB Percent34.90%, 47.45%, 49.02%
CIE-L*CH48.61, 11.92, 209.68
XYZ14.66, 17.28, 21.96
CIE-L*UV48.61, -15.95, -6.69
xyY0.27, 0.32, 17.28
Hunter-Lab41.57, -9.80, -2.23
RYB34.90%, 41.55%, 49.02%

Color Accessibility Scores

#59797D on a dark background: contrast 4.46:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#59797D on a light background: contrast 4.71:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #59797D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#59797D · #88A6AA · #334548 · #7D5D59 · #AA8C88

Analogous palette

#597D5D · #597D6F · #59797D · #59677D · #5D597D

Triadic palette

#59797D · #7D5979 · #797D59 · #88A6AA · #AA88A6

Tetradic palette

#59797D · #6F597D · #7D5D59 · #677D59 · #334548

Monochromatic palette

#192324 · #394E51 · #59797D · #7FA0A4 · #ABC1C4

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