#596B6E#596B6E

#596B6E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.022 H 208.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B6E
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 110)
HSL	hsl(189, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, -6.00, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 7.17, 213.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% -0.0194 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.022 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1912, 13.7647, 16.7633)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B6E #6E5C59

analogous

#596E67 #596B6E #59616E

triadic

#596B6E #6E596B #6B6E59

tetradic

#596B6E #67596E #6E5C59 #616E59

square

#596B6E #67596E #6E5C59 #616E59

split-complementary

#596B6E #6E5961 #6E6759

monochromatic

#22292A #3E4A4C #596B6E #758C8F #97A8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#596B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#596B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B6E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B6E	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64676E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#536D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.022 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889597',
    500: '#596b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b6e;
$custom-light: #889597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51403,
    "c": 0.02213,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B6E

secondary

#998C89

accent

#7D74B3

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B6E

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

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