#596A71#596A71

#596A71 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.023 H 224.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A71
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 113)
HSL	hsl(198, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(198, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, -4.69, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 7.65, 232.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% -0.0166 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.023 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2537, 13.6238, 17.6036)
Luminance	0.1362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A71 #716059

analogous

#59716C #596A71 #595E71

triadic

#596A71 #71596A #6A7159

tetradic

#596A71 #6C5971 #716059 #5E7159

square

#596A71 #6C5971 #716059 #5E7159

split-complementary

#596A71 #71595E #716C59

monochromatic

#232A2D #3E4A4F #596A71 #758A92 #97A7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#596A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#596A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A71

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A71	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.023 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889499',
    500: '#596a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a71;
$custom-light: #889499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51273,
    "c": 0.02332,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A71

secondary

#9C8F8A

accent

#8673B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A71

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

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