#596A72#596A72

#596A72 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.024 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A72
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(199, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(199, 22%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, -4.44, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 7.95, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% -0.0162 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.024 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3103, 13.6464, 17.9017)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A72 #726159

analogous

#59726E #596A72 #595E72

triadic

#596A72 #72596A #6A7259

tetradic

#596A72 #6E5972 #726159 #5E7259

square

#596A72 #6E5972 #726159 #5E7259

split-complementary

#596A72 #72595E #726E59

monochromatic

#232A2D #3E4A50 #596A72 #758A93 #97A7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#596A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#596A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A72

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A72	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.024 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88949a',
    500: '#596a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a72;
$custom-light: #88949a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 12.315,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5131,
    "c": 0.02412,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A72

secondary

#9D908A

accent

#8873B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A72

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

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