#596A66#596A66

#596A66 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.021 H 179.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A66
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 102)
HSL	hsl(166, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 3.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, -7.28, 0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 7.28, 179.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% -0.0214 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.021 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6715, 13.3909, 14.5376)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A66 #6A595D

analogous

#596A5D #596A66 #59656A

triadic

#596A66 #66596A #6A6659

tetradic

#596A66 #5D596A #6A595D #656A59

square

#596A66 #5D596A #6A595D #656A59

split-complementary

#596A66 #6A5965 #6A5D59

monochromatic

#212726 #3D4946 #596A66 #758B86 #96A7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#596A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#596A66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A66

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A66	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.021 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889491',
    500: '#596a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a66;
$custom-light: #889491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50889,
    "c": 0.02145,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A66

secondary

#96898C

accent

#7684B2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A66

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

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