#596B63#596B63

#596B63 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.025 H 166.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B63
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 99)
HSL	hsl(153, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(153, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 7.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, -8.53, 2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 8.81, 165.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% -0.0244 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.025 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6291, 13.5398, 13.8027)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B63 #6B5961

analogous

#596B5A #596B63 #596A6B

triadic

#596B63 #63596B #6B6359

tetradic

#596B63 #5A596B #6B5961 #6A6B59

square

#596B63 #5A596B #6B5961 #6A6B59

split-complementary

#596B63 #6B596A #6B5A59

monochromatic

#212825 #3D4A44 #596B63 #758C82 #96A8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#596B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596B63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B63

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B63	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6863

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#556B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.025 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88958f',
    500: '#596b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b63;
$custom-light: #88958f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51035,
    "c": 0.02504,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B63

secondary

#97898F

accent

#7691B2

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B63

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

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