#596B82#596B82

#596B82 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.042 H 254.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B82
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 130)
HSL	hsl(214, 19%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(214, 32%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, -0.90, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 14.95, 266.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% -0.0112 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.042 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4056, 14.2504, 23.1590)
Luminance	0.1425 (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

#596B82 #827059

analogous

#597F82 #596B82 #5C5982

triadic

#596B82 #82596B #6B8259

tetradic

#596B82 #82597F #827059 #59825C

square

#596B82 #82597F #827059 #59825C

split-complementary

#596B82 #825C59 #7F8259

monochromatic

#272F39 #404D5E #596B82 #7789A2 #9BA9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#596B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#596B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B82

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B82	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D7073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.042 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995a6',
    500: '#596b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b82;
$custom-light: #8995a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.659,
    "s": 18.721,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52183,
    "c": 0.04249,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B82

secondary

#A89D8E

accent

#996CBB

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B82

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

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