#596A7E#596A7E

#596A7E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.038 H 252.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A7E
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 126)
HSL	hsl(212, 17%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(212, 29%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, -1.37, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 13.27, 264.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% -0.0113 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.038 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0387, 13.9378, 21.7379)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A7E #7E6D59

analogous

#597D7E #596A7E #5B597E

triadic

#596A7E #7E596A #6A7E59

tetradic

#596A7E #7E597D #7E6D59 #597E5B

square

#596A7E #7E597D #7E6D59 #597E5B

split-complementary

#596A7E #7E5B59 #7D7E59

monochromatic

#262E36 #404C5A #596A7E #76889E #9AA7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#596A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#596A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A7E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A7E	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E677E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E6E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.038 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994a3',
    500: '#596a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a7e;
$custom-light: #8994a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 17.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51783,
    "c": 0.03787,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A7E

secondary

#A69A8D

accent

#976EBA

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F3

border

#CBCBCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A7E

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

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