What color is #597D81?

#597D81 is a grayish cyan, closest to the named color North Atlantic. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #597D81?

The RGB value is 89, 125, 129: 89 red, 125 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #597D81?

The complementary color is #815D59, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #597D81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.68:1 and white text 4.49:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#597D81 color

#597D81 rgb(89, 125, 129)

Shades of teal

The hex color #597D81 is a grayish cyan.

In the RGB color model it is made of 34.9% red, 49% green and 50.6% blue (89, 125, 129).

Its hue angle is 186°, with 18% saturation and 43% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 31% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is North Atlantic (#5E7B7F), a difference of 2 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.68:1).

#597D81 color codes

HEX	`#597D81`
RGB	`rgb(89, 125, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(34.9%, 49%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(186, 18%, 43%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(186, 31%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(31%, 3%, 0%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(49.95, -11.59, -6.26)`
CIE LCH	`lch(49.95, 13.17, 208.38)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(15.415, 18.375, 23.499)`
Decimal	`5864833`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #597D81, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #597D81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.68:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.49:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#597D81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.49:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.68:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #597D81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #597d81; }
.text { color: #597d81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #597d81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(89 125 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #597d81, #596981); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #597D81?: #597D81 is a grayish cyan, closest to the named color North Atlantic. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #597D81?: The RGB value is 89, 125, 129: 89 red, 125 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #597D81?: The complementary color is #815D59, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #597D81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.68:1 and white text 4.49:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.