#59596A#59596A

#59596A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.027 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59596A
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(240, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.39, 3.88, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.39, 10.45, 291.80°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.0072 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.027 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2931, 10.3091, 15.0804)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59596A #6A6A59

analogous

#59616A #59596A #61596A

triadic

#59596A #6A5959 #596A59

tetradic

#59596A #6A5961 #6A6A59 #596A61

square

#59596A #6A5961 #6A6A59 #596A61

split-complementary

#59596A #6A6159 #616A59

monochromatic

#212127 #3D3D49 #59596A #75758B #9696A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#59596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#59596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59596A

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59596A	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.027 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888794',
    500: '#59596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59596a;
$custom-light: #888794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47032,
    "c": 0.02728,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59596A

secondary

#969689

accent

#B276B2

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFEFF1

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59596A

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

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