#596A62#596A62

#596A62 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.024 H 165.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A62
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 98)
HSL	hsl(152, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(152, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 7.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -8.17, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 8.50, 163.94°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% -0.0233 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.024 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4779, 13.3135, 13.5179)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A62 #6A5961

analogous

#596A59 #596A62 #59696A

triadic

#596A62 #62596A #6A6259

tetradic

#596A62 #59596A #6A5961 #696A59

square

#596A62 #59596A #6A5961 #696A59

split-complementary

#596A62 #6A5969 #6A5959

monochromatic

#212724 #3D4943 #596A62 #758B81 #96A79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#596A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#596A62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A62

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A62	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#566A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.024 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88948e',
    500: '#596a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a62;
$custom-light: #88948e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.765,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5076,
    "c": 0.02407,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A62

secondary

#96898F

accent

#7692B2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A62

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

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