#596A7D#596A7D

#596A7D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.037 H 251.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A7D
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 125)
HSL	hsl(212, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(212, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, -1.63, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 12.76, 262.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% -0.0117 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.037 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9745, 13.9121, 21.3998)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A7D #7D6C59

analogous

#597C7D #596A7D #5A597D

triadic

#596A7D #7D596A #6A7D59

tetradic

#596A7D #7D597C #7D6C59 #597D5A

square

#596A7D #7D597C #7D6C59 #597D5A

split-complementary

#596A7D #7D5A59 #7C7D59

monochromatic

#262D36 #404C59 #596A7D #76899D #9AA7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#596A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#596A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A7D

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A7D	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F677D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.037 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8894a2',
    500: '#596a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a7d;
$custom-light: #8894a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 16.822,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51741,
    "c": 0.03654,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A7D

secondary

#A59A8D

accent

#966EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F3

border

#CBCBCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A7D

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

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