#596A74#596A74

#596A74 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.026 H 233.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A74
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 116)
HSL	hsl(202, 13%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(202, 23%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, -3.95, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 8.66, 242.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% -0.0153 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.026 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4254, 13.6925, 18.5079)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A74 #746359

analogous

#597470 #596A74 #595C74

triadic

#596A74 #74596A #6A7459

tetradic

#596A74 #705974 #746359 #5C7459

square

#596A74 #705974 #746359 #5C7459

split-complementary

#596A74 #74595C #747059

monochromatic

#242B2F #3E4A51 #596A74 #758995 #98A7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#596A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#596A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A74

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A74	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#516D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.026 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88949c',
    500: '#596a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a74;
$custom-light: #88949c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 13.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51385,
    "c": 0.02593,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A74

secondary

#9E928B

accent

#8B72B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A74

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

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