#596B73#596B73

#596B73 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.025 H 226.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B73
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 115)
HSL	hsl(198, 13%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(198, 23%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, -4.79, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 8.24, 234.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.59% -0.0172 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(51.59% 0.025 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4712, 13.8766, 18.2377)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B73 #736159

analogous

#59736E #596B73 #595E73

triadic

#596B73 #73596B #6B7359

tetradic

#596B73 #6E5973 #736159 #5E7359

square

#596B73 #6E5973 #736159 #5E7359

split-complementary

#596B73 #73595E #736E59

monochromatic

#242B2E #3E4B50 #596B73 #758B94 #98A8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#596B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#596B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B73

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B73	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.025 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88959b',
    500: '#596b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b73;
$custom-light: #88959b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51585,
    "c": 0.02507,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B73

secondary

#9D908A

accent

#8772B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B73

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

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