#596A69#596A69

#596A69 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.021 H 192.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A69
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 105)
HSL	hsl(176, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 0.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, -6.60, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 6.78, 193.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% -0.0201 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.021 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8230, 13.4515, 15.3353)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A69 #6A595A

analogous

#596A60 #596A69 #59626A

triadic

#596A69 #69596A #6A6959

tetradic

#596A69 #60596A #6A595A #626A59

square

#596A69 #60596A #6A595A #626A59

split-complementary

#596A69 #6A5962 #6A6059

monochromatic

#212727 #3D4948 #596A69 #758B8A #96A7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#596A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#596A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A69

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A69	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.021 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889493',
    500: '#596a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a69;
$custom-light: #889493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5099,
    "c": 0.02056,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A69

secondary

#968989

accent

#767AB2

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F1

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A69

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

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