#596459#596459

#596459 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.022 H 145.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596459
RGB	rgb(89, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(120, 11%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 11%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, -6.58, 4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 8.15, 143.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% -0.018 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.022 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.4798, 11.9593, 11.2055)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596459 #645964

analogous

#5F6459 #596459 #59645F

triadic

#596459 #595964 #645959

tetradic

#596459 #595F64 #645964 #645F59

square

#596459 #595F64 #645964 #645F59

split-complementary

#596459 #5F5964 #64595F

monochromatic

#1F231F #3C443C #596459 #768476 #96A196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#596459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#596459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596459

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596459	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63615A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.022 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889087',
    500: '#596459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596459;
$custom-light: #889087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.82,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49027,
    "c": 0.02196,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596459

secondary

#918891

accent

#79AFAF

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFF0EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0C0B

muted

#7C7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596459

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

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