#596B80#596B80

#596B80 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.040 H 252.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B80
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 128)
HSL	hsl(212, 18%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(212, 30%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, -1.43, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 13.91, 264.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% -0.012 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.04 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2727, 14.1972, 22.4589)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B80 #806E59

analogous

#597E80 #596B80 #5B5980

triadic

#596B80 #80596B #6B8059

tetradic

#596B80 #80597E #806E59 #59805B

square

#596B80 #80597E #806E59 #59805B

split-complementary

#596B80 #805B59 #7E8059

monochromatic

#272F38 #404D5C #596B80 #7689A0 #9AA9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#596B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#596B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B80

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B80	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.040 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995a4',
    500: '#596b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b80;
$custom-light: #8995a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 17.972,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52099,
    "c": 0.03978,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B80

secondary

#A79B8E

accent

#976DBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B80

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

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