#595E71#595E71

#595E71 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.031 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#595E71
RGB	rgb(89, 94, 113)
HSL	hsl(228, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(228, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, 2.53, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 11.68, 282.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% 0.002 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.031 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1024, 11.3213, 17.2199)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#595E71 #716C59

analogous

#596A71 #595E71 #605971

triadic

#595E71 #71595E #5E7159

tetradic

#595E71 #71596A #716C59 #597160

square

#595E71 #71596A #716C59 #597160

split-complementary

#595E71 #716059 #6A7159

monochromatic

#23252D #3E424F #595E71 #757B92 #979CAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#595E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#595E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #595E71

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##595E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##595E71	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#536164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #595e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 94, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.031 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888b99',
    500: '#595e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #595e71;
$custom-light: #888b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#595e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.5,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48465,
    "c": 0.03114,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#595E71

secondary

#9C988A

accent

#A773B5

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFF0F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0C0E

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #595E71

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

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