#596A68#596A68

#596A68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.021 H 187.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A68
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 104)
HSL	hsl(173, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 1.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, -6.83, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 6.90, 188.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% -0.0205 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.021 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7719, 13.4311, 15.0663)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A68 #6A595B

analogous

#596A5F #596A68 #59636A

triadic

#596A68 #68596A #6A6859

tetradic

#596A68 #5F596A #6A595B #636A59

square

#596A68 #5F596A #6A595B #636A59

split-complementary

#596A68 #6A5963 #6A5F59

monochromatic

#212727 #3D4947 #596A68 #758B89 #96A7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#596A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#596A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A68

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A68	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.021 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889493',
    500: '#596a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a68;
$custom-light: #889493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50956,
    "c": 0.02074,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A68

secondary

#96898A

accent

#767DB2

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F1

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A68

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

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