#596A75#596A75

#596A75 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.027 H 236.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A75
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 117)
HSL	hsl(204, 14%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 24%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, -3.70, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 9.05, 245.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% -0.0149 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.027 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4839, 13.7159, 18.8158)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A75 #756459

analogous

#597572 #596A75 #595C75

triadic

#596A75 #75596A #6A7559

tetradic

#596A75 #725975 #756459 #5C7559

square

#596A75 #725975 #756459 #5C7559

split-complementary

#596A75 #75595C #757259

monochromatic

#242B2F #3F4B52 #596A75 #758996 #98A7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#596A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#596A75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A75

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A75	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#516D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.027 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88949c',
    500: '#596a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a75;
$custom-light: #88949c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51423,
    "c": 0.02694,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A75

secondary

#9F938B

accent

#8D71B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A75

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

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