#59596E#59596E

#59596E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.034 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59596E
RGB	rgb(89, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(240, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 4.87, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 12.90, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(47.2% 0.0087 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(47.2% 0.034 285)
XYZ	xyz(10.5060, 10.3943, 16.2016)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59596E #6E6E59

analogous

#59646E #59596E #64596E

triadic

#59596E #6E5959 #596E59

tetradic

#59596E #6E5964 #6E6E59 #596E64

square

#59596E #6E5964 #6E6E59 #596E64

split-complementary

#59596E #6E6459 #646E59

monochromatic

#22222A #3E3E4C #59596E #75758F #9797AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#59596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#59596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59596E

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59596E	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.034 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888797',
    500: '#59596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59596e;
$custom-light: #888797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47198,
    "c": 0.0337,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.10394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59596E

secondary

#999989

accent

#B374B3

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFEFF2

border

#CACACC

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #59596E

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

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