#596B7B#596B7B

#596B7B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.033 H 245.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B7B
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 123)
HSL	hsl(208, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(208, 28%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 13%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, -2.75, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 11.44, 256.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% -0.0139 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.033 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.9516, 14.0688, 20.7682)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B7B #7B6959

analogous

#597B7A #596B7B #595A7B

triadic

#596B7B #7B596B #6B7B59

tetradic

#596B7B #7A597B #7B6959 #5A7B59

square

#596B7B #7A597B #7B6959 #5A7B59

split-complementary

#596B7B #7B595A #7B7A59

monochromatic

#262D34 #3F4C57 #596B7B #768A9C #99A8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#596B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#596B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B7B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B7B	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60677B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.033 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8895a1',
    500: '#596b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b7b;
$custom-light: #8895a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 16.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51894,
    "c": 0.03339,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B7B

secondary

#A3978C

accent

#926FB9

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0B0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B7B

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

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