#596A65#596A65

#596A65 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.022 H 175.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A65
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 101)
HSL	hsl(162, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 4.7%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, -7.51, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 7.54, 174.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% -0.0219 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.022 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6222, 13.3712, 14.2780)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A65 #6A595E

analogous

#596A5C #596A65 #59666A

triadic

#596A65 #65596A #6A6559

tetradic

#596A65 #5C596A #6A595E #666A59

square

#596A65 #5C596A #6A595E #666A59

split-complementary

#596A65 #6A5966 #6A5C59

monochromatic

#212726 #3D4945 #596A65 #758B85 #96A7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#596A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#596A65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A65

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A65	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)

#696865

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.022 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889490',
    500: '#596a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a65;
$custom-light: #889490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50856,
    "c": 0.02197,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A65

secondary

#96898D

accent

#7688B2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A65

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

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