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#5a8a79 color: Privet Hedge

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159°
100%

OKLCH

59.4%
0.059
170°
  • ≈ Gray
  • Emerald
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • olive-500
  • Black 46%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.93:1 · Below AALc -72
Black text5.35:1 · AALc 37

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About #5a8a79

#5a8a79 is a dusty emerald color. In OKLCH it has 59.4% lightness, 0.059 chroma and a hue of 170°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.93:1 contrast and black text 5.35:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Privet Hedge (#588a79). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is olive-500.

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Lighter: #5a8a79 mixed with white

  1. 5a8a79
  2. 6a9586
  3. 7aa192
  4. 8bac9f
  5. 9bb8ac
  6. abc3ba
  7. bccfc7
  8. ccdbd5
  9. dde7e3
  10. eef3f1

Darker: #5a8a79 mixed with black

  1. 5a8a79
  2. 4d7768
  3. 416558
  4. 355348
  5. 294239
  6. 1e322b
  7. 13221d
  8. 091410
  9. 030705
  10. 000101

Calmer: #5a8a79 with less saturation

  1. 5a8a79
  2. 5e897a
  3. 62887a
  4. 66877b
  5. 6a857b
  6. 6e847c
  7. 71837c
  8. 75827d
  9. 78817d
  10. 7b7f7e