#596B71#596B71

#596B71 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.024 H 220.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B71
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 113)
HSL	hsl(195, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(195, 21%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, -5.28, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 7.69, 226.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% -0.0181 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.024 220)
XYZ	xyz(12.3573, 13.8311, 17.6382)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B71 #715F59

analogous

#59716B #596B71 #595F71

triadic

#596B71 #71596B #6B7159

tetradic

#596B71 #6B5971 #715F59 #5F7159

square

#596B71 #6B5971 #715F59 #5F7159

split-complementary

#596B71 #71595F #716B59

monochromatic

#232A2D #3E4B4F #596B71 #758B92 #97A8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#596B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#596B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B71

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B71	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.024 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889599',
    500: '#596b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b71;
$custom-light: #889599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51511,
    "c": 0.02362,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.13831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B71

secondary

#9C8E8A

accent

#8373B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B71

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

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