#759094

Closest named color: Light Slate Gray (#778899). oklch(63.4% 0.031 207.4), rgb(117, 144, 148).

Black text reads best on this color (6.17:1).

About this color

#759094 is a medium-light, muted teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.031 and its hue 207°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 0.027 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.17:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	muted (0.031)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Light Slate Gray (#778899)
Black text	6.17:1
White text	3.40:1

Values

HEX	#759094
RGB	rgb(117, 144, 148)
HSL	hsl(188, 13%, 52%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.031 207.4)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #759094	3.40:1	AA large text	Lc -67.0	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #759094	6.17:1	AA	Lc 42.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#759094 text on white	3.40:1	AA large text	Lc 61.5	Content text, not long reading
#759094 text on black	6.17:1	AA	Lc -40.2	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F4F6F6

oklch(97.2% 0.002 197.1)
Step 100
100

#E7EBEB

oklch(93.7% 0.004 197.1)
Step 200
200

#D3DBDC

oklch(88.6% 0.009 205.9)
Step 300
300

#B6C4C6

oklch(81% 0.016 207.1)
Step 400
400

#90A5A8

oklch(70.7% 0.024 207.1)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#759094

oklch(63.4% 0.031 207.4)
Step 600
600

#5C797D

oklch(55.5% 0.034 206.7)
Step 700
700

#4C666A

oklch(49.1% 0.031 207.9)
Step 800
800

#3E5356

oklch(42.6% 0.026 207.1)
Step 900
900

#354547

oklch(37.7% 0.021 205.7)
Step 950
950

#1F282A

oklch(26.9% 0.013 212.7)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#759094 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#8B8E94	0.030
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#868994	0.029
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#6C9291	0.014
Achromatopsia (no color)	#8B8B8B	0.031