#596B72#596B72

#596B72 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.024 H 223.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B72
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 114)
HSL	hsl(197, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(197, 22%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 6.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, -5.03, -6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 7.95, 230.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% -0.0177 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.024 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4139, 13.8537, 17.9363)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B72 #726059

analogous

#59726D #596B72 #595F72

triadic

#596B72 #72596B #6B7259

tetradic

#596B72 #6D5972 #726059 #5F7259

square

#596B72 #6D5972 #726059 #5F7259

split-complementary

#596B72 #72595F #726D59

monochromatic

#232A2D #3E4B50 #596B72 #758B93 #97A8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#596B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#596B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B72

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B72	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.024 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88959a',
    500: '#596b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b72;
$custom-light: #88959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 12.315,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51548,
    "c": 0.0243,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B72

secondary

#9D8F8A

accent

#8573B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B72

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

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