#59596C#59596C

#59596C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.030 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59596C
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.47, 4.37, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.47, 11.67, 291.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.11% 0.008 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(47.11% 0.03 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3984, 10.3512, 15.6346)
Luminance	0.1035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59596C #6C6C59

analogous

#59626C #59596C #62596C

triadic

#59596C #6C5959 #596C59

tetradic

#59596C #6C5962 #6C6C59 #596C62

square

#59596C #6C5962 #6C6C59 #596C62

split-complementary

#59596C #6C6259 #626C59

monochromatic

#222229 #3D3D4A #59596C #75758D #9797A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#59596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#59596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59596C

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59596C	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.030 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888796',
    500: '#59596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59596c;
$custom-light: #888796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.645,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47114,
    "c": 0.03049,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59596C

secondary

#989889

accent

#B375B3

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFEFF1

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59596C

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

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