#596A6E#596A6E

#596A6E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.021 H 213.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A6E
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 110)
HSL	hsl(191, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, -5.42, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 6.96, 218.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% -0.0179 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.021 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0876, 13.5574, 16.7288)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A6E #6E5D59

analogous

#596E68 #596A6E #59606E

triadic

#596A6E #6E596A #6A6E59

tetradic

#596A6E #68596E #6E5D59 #606E59

square

#596A6E #68596E #6E5D59 #606E59

split-complementary

#596A6E #6E5960 #6E6859

monochromatic

#22292A #3E494C #596A6E #758A8F #97A7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#596A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A6E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A6E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63666E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#536C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.021 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889497',
    500: '#596a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a6e;
$custom-light: #889497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51164,
    "c": 0.02145,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A6E

secondary

#998C89

accent

#8074B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A6E

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

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