Colour

#59574C

#59574C
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#59574C is a grey with RGB values 89, 87, 76 and HSL 51°, 8%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#59574C#59574C

HEX#59574C

RGBrgb(89, 87, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.3412, 0.298

RGB percentages34.9%, 34.1%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(50.8, 7.9%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 14.6%, 34.9%)

CMYK0%, 2.2%, 14.6%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,855,052

CSS custom property--colour: #59574C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.26:1

Contrast with white7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#A6A8B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#59564Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A574Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#5B5554no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 10.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.7 Gray · ΔE 18.1 Slate grey · ΔE 23.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4C4E59

Analogous#59514C, #54594C

Triadic#4C5957, #574C59

Split complementary#4C5459, #514C59

Tetradic#4C5951, #4C4E59, #594C54

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BEBCB3

Lighter +30%#A7A497

Lighter +20%#8F8C7C

Lighter +10%#757263

Darker −10%#3D3C35

Darker −20%#22211D

Darker −30%#060606

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6E6537

Less saturated −25%#525252

Channel breakdown

R89

G87

B76

Red89 (34.9%)

Green87 (34.1%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue50.77°

Saturation (HSL)7.88%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 59 · G 57 · B 4C

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Colour values

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