#596A79#596A79

#596A79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.031 H 245.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A79
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 121)
HSL	hsl(208, 15%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(208, 26%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, -2.68, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 10.80, 255.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% -0.0132 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.031 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7241, 13.8120, 20.0810)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A79 #796859

analogous

#597978 #596A79 #595A79

triadic

#596A79 #79596A #6A7959

tetradic

#596A79 #785979 #796859 #5A7959

square

#596A79 #785979 #796859 #5A7959

split-complementary

#596A79 #79595A #797859

monochromatic

#252C32 #3F4B56 #596A79 #75899A #99A7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#596A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#596A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A79

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A79	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#506E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.031 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88949f',
    500: '#596a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a79;
$custom-light: #88949f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.125,
    "s": 15.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5158,
    "c": 0.03146,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A79

secondary

#A2968C

accent

#9270B8

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A79

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

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