#20596E#20596E

#20596E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.068 H 226.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#20596E
RGB	rgb(32, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.16, -11.11, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.16, 20.66, 237.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% -0.047 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.068 226)
XYZ	xyz(6.9814, 8.5769, 16.0364)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#20596E #6E3520

analogous

#206E5C #20596E #20326E

triadic

#20596E #6E2059 #596E20

tetradic

#20596E #5C206E #6E3520 #326E20

square

#20596E #5C206E #6E3520 #326E20

split-complementary

#20596E #6E2032 #6E5C20

monochromatic

#071318 #12333F #20596E #2E7F9D #41A3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#20596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#20596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #20596E

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##20596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##20596E	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E576F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434F6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #20596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.068 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668897',
    500: '#20596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #20596e;
$custom-light: #668897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#20596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4364,
    "c": 0.06767,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.08578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#20596E

secondary

#A26048

accent

#724ADE

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#060B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #20596E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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