#596B68#596B68

#596B68 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.022 H 184.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B68
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(170, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, -7.41, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 7.43, 184.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% -0.0221 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.022 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8756, 13.6384, 15.1008)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B68 #6B595C

analogous

#596B5F #596B68 #59656B

triadic

#596B68 #68596B #6B6859

tetradic

#596B68 #5F596B #6B595C #656B59

square

#596B68 #5F596B #6B595C #656B59

split-complementary

#596B68 #6B5965 #6B5F59

monochromatic

#212827 #3D4A48 #596B68 #758C88 #96A8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#596B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#596B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B68

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B68	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.022 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889593',
    500: '#596b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b68;
$custom-light: #889593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51197,
    "c": 0.02214,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B68

secondary

#97898B

accent

#7680B2

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F1

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B68

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

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