#596A64#596A64

#596A64 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.023 H 172.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A64
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 100)
HSL	hsl(159, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 5.7%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, -7.73, 1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 7.82, 171.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% -0.0224 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.023 172)
XYZ	xyz(11.5735, 13.3517, 14.0215)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A64 #6A595F

analogous

#596A5B #596A64 #59676A

triadic

#596A64 #64596A #6A6459

tetradic

#596A64 #5B596A #6A595F #676A59

square

#596A64 #5B596A #6A595F #676A59

split-complementary

#596A64 #6A5967 #6A5B59

monochromatic

#212725 #3D4945 #596A64 #758B83 #96A7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#596A64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#596A64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A64

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A64	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.023 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889490',
    500: '#596a64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a64;
$custom-light: #889490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50824,
    "c": 0.02259,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.13352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A64

secondary

#96898D

accent

#768BB2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A64

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

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