#596B74#596B74

#596B74 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.026 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B74
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 116)
HSL	hsl(200, 13%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 23%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, -4.54, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 8.56, 237.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% -0.0168 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.026 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5290, 13.8998, 18.5424)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B74 #746259

analogous

#59746F #596B74 #595D74

triadic

#596B74 #74596B #6B7459

tetradic

#596B74 #6F5974 #746259 #5D7459

square

#596B74 #6F5974 #746259 #5D7459

split-complementary

#596B74 #74595D #746F59

monochromatic

#242B2F #3E4B51 #596B74 #758A95 #98A8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#596B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#596B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B74

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B74	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)

#666A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#516E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.026 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88959c',
    500: '#596b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b74;
$custom-light: #88959c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 13.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51622,
    "c": 0.02591,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B74

secondary

#9E918B

accent

#8972B6

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B74

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

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